> What kinds of software are people using for list server type > functionality and why? Are any of these list servers built > in ColdFusion and/or ties together with it. Or something > somewhat like a list server to handle large mailings, 25,000+ > once a month to start with but growing to thousands every few > days, and the responses from all these mailings. > > Of course I would be interested to hear about the software > behind THIS list, but I am not sure if it is available for > others to use? Michael? > > We are looking at specific list server type functions. It > would not be completely user based. First of all the primary > communication would be one way; between us and our customers > and between them and us. The customers would not be posting > or responding to the other members of the list. What we are > seeking is there any reliable and customizable software to > handle the responses. This would be to primarily to sort > auto-responses, bad e-mails, requests to be removed, etcetera > to appropriate pools to be handled in various processes. > Initially these processes would probably be largely manual, > but over time we plan to develop automated processes, > probably using ColdFusion, to programmatically handle the > routine responses.
CF itself is for web applications. It's not especially suitable as the engine for a list server, in my opinion. For the mailing lists that we run, we use ezmlm and qmail on a Linux server. This works very well so far, and some of these lists are very busy with lots of traffic. Both ezmlm and qmail are free software and open-source. If you want to use a web-based front-end for your list server, you could write that in CF, especially if you're using a relational database behind your list server. I believe this list uses inFusion Mail Server, with administrative and other functionality written in CF. The iMS product isn't free, but it's pretty inexpensive and my experiences with it have been pretty positive. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ phone: 202-797-5496 fax: 202-797-5444 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Purchase from House of Fusion, a Macromedia Authorized Affiliate and support the CF community. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=38 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:182656 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
