For an interactive list, it really depends on the subject and the number of folks who actually post. I've found that once a list grows close to about a thousand that it's Signal to Noise ratio drops significantly and you begin to loose a lot of folks who mainly contribute Signal (leaving behind more Noise...).
If you are contemplating a large interactive list, I suggest that you bring up a News Server and let folks read/contribute in that manner. Mailman makes the transition from Mailing List to News List quite easy as it provides a built-in gateway for Mail to News (and vis-versa). Good Luck - Jon Carnes On Fri, 2002-12-27 at 02:03, The Berean wrote: > Hello all, > > I'm doing some research in an attempt to find the > ceiling on how many users I can have on a Mailman > powered listserv. I understand the record so far is > 147,000 users, but that listserv in question is an > announce-only list. The listserv I have in mind is an > interactive listserv (listserv as a forum). For those > who run large listserv forums, how many would you > figure could join such a list before the conversations > starts becoming chaotic and the mails become far too > excessive? What could I expect in terms of bandwidth > from a listserv forum of 20,000 people for example? > If you can point me to resources where I can do > further research Id appreciate that as well. > > I need to determine what limit I should set before > closing the list to new subscriptions, and costs, > affordability, especially on the bandwidth a large > listserv forum will undoubtedly generate. > > Appreciate any help! Happy Holidays, > > Berean > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. > http://mailplus.yahoo.com > > ------------------------------------------------------ > Mailman-Users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users > Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py > Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ > > This message was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe or change your options at > http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/jonc%40nc.rr.com ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ This message was sent to: [email protected] Unsubscribe or change your options at http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org
