Any news on this issue? Please keep us informed if possible, thanks. Glenn Crouch wrote: > Hi, > > As many of you are aware Mac McGruder hosts and covers the associated costs > with our Lists. The PayPal Donations have helped to keep the lists going - > but the time has come where he really needs to hand the lists over to > someone else. > > We really do want to keep the lists under MailMan (which runs on Linux) if > possible. > > If you would like to know more details about what is involved and/or think > you can help, please contact Mac direct at mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > We need to have a new host prior to 15 May 2006 - as that is when the lights > will go out :) > > The following is the specs as Justin specified them when he was running > things before Mac: > > - Have a Linux box...the DB files that make up the config (I believe) are > OS-specific. If someone had a *BSD box, they might have to do some funky > exporting/importing. There may be some issues if using drastically different > installations of Linux (Slackware is typically one of the least annoying). > > - Have a mail server (preferably exim, postfix, sendmail) configured with > SPAM filters. > > - Provide 3.3GB of space minimum for the current mailman directory, which > includes the archived web content. At least 10GB should be provided so > backups can be made during upgrades. > > - Be able to install and maintain the Mailman software. > > - Commit to operating the lists is the spirit of the Delphi community. By > that I mean we will not turn them over to someone who intends to sell > advertising, etc via the lists or to sell the subscriber addresses. > > If you wanted to use the same web pages, you would also need to install > Mambo, PHP & MySQL. > > Glenn Crouch mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > eLists.org Management Team > > __________________________________________________ > Delphi-Talk mailing list -> Delphi-Talk@elists.org > http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/delphi-talk > >
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