LysKOM

LysKOM is a KOM-based conferencing system developed by the Lysator Academic Computer Society at Linköping University and Linköping Institute of Technology. It can be seen as a cross between news and e-mail, but with the presence and speed of IRC or IM-networks. The most common client is the LysKOM Emacs Lisp Client, but among others a WWW-based client also exists. The server and most clients are released under the terms of the GNU General Public License, and thus free software. The LysKOM protocol uses port 4894.

Implementations of the protocol exist for Python, Perl and Pike. Based on these frameworks, a number of programs for bridging LysKOM with other systems have been written. Notable among these is the Python software for importing and exporting e-mail. Used as a whole, it enables the LysKOM system to act as a primitive list manager. It is also possible to use LysKOM more like a multi-user e-mail client for posting to lists, by configuring the exporter to not reexport imported messages.

LysKOM also refers to the specific installation hosted by Lysator at kom.lysator.liu.se.

LysKOM installations

• LysKOM (kom.lysator.liu.se) at Lysator in Linköping.
• LysCOM, LysKOM in English (com.lysator.liu.se) at Lysator in Linköping. (Not functional as of November 2008)
• CD-KOM (kom.cd.chalmers.se) at Chalmers Computer Society in Gothenburg.
• DSKOM (kom.ds.hj.se) at DatorSektionen in Jönköping.
• HesaKOM (com.helsinki.fi) at University of Helsinki in Helsinki.
• LuddKOM (kom.ludd.luth.se) at Ludd in Luleå.
• MdS-KOM (kom.mds.mdh.se) at Mälardalens Studentkår in Eskilstuna.
• MysKOM (myskom.kfib.org).
• Roxen Community KOM (community.roxen.com) at Roxen in Linköping.
• RydKOM (kom.hem.liu.se) in Ryd in Linköping.
• SnoppKOM (kom.sno.pp.se).
• TokKOM (kom.stacken.kth.se) at Stacken in Stockholm.
• UppKOM (kom.update.uu.se) at Update in Uppsala.

External links

• The LysKOM system
• The LysKOM Emacs Lisp Client
• LysKOM Protocol A
• The Python LysKOM Protocol implementation