I am a new Mailman user from India, and would like to thank all our friends out there who have done a great job in putting this excellent software together.
Just to give a little background about myself: I've been involved with mailing lists since from about 1995-96. Because of our slow Internet connectivity, the fact that we could share and tune into so much information was a real boon for us living in Third World countries like India. In the past, it was largely Majordomo. Because it was free, that was the only thing we could afford (what with the crazy dollar-rupee exchange rate, and also that proprietorial software is usually priced keeping First World earning-levels in mind. In the last couple of years, I have been working increasingly on GNU/Linux. When someone recently suggested Mailman, I got a chance to test it out as a list-admin, and immediately fell in love with it too. Some of its facilities are very helpful. Particularly: * Archiving of postings * Ease of removing/subscribers via the Net interface * Bounce-control features etc etc Members requiring a password to unsubscribe is one major problem. But I understand this is being worked on. If one had a wishlist for new features, it might include: * The ability to subscribe/unsubscribe members (and also approve postings) via email.Imagine the plight of those of us still dependent on slow Internet connections (I live in a village and travel 8 kms when I need the Net for work beyond e-mail.) * Ability to put up photographs, files on the list-archive... as permitted by yahoogroups.com * Ability to download Yahoogroups archives and convert to mbox format, as possible using yahoo2mbox URL: http://freshmeat.net/projects/yahoo2mbox/ Is this a realistic wish list? Do let me have your feedback. FN -- Frederick Noronha * Freelance Journalist * Goa * India 832.409490 / 409783 BYTESFORALL www.bytesforall.org * GNU-LINUX http://linuxinindia.pitas.com Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] * SMS [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Saligao Goa India Writing with a difference... on what makes *the* difference ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users
