Hi Texas Critter, I have been reading and learning about Mailman and much what I read is Greek to me (I'm Dutch Canadian <grin>)
I just wanted to say that I appreciate your answers on this forum/list. You're very helpful for many people and I thought I let you know. Michel ----- Original Message ----- From: "texas critter - mailman-users" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2004 5:46 PM Subject: Re: [Mailman-Users] MAILMAN HOSTING pt 2 > Sean Carnahan wrote: > > > The lists are one for 5,000 and another of around 19,000 people? > > > > My present hosting company only allows 1,000 email per hour. > > For lists of these sizes, you're probably going to need to use a > professional list host. If you google on "email list host" or similar > phrases, you'll find lots of them. Some use Mailman, some use Lyris (which > is a much nicer program for handling large announcement lists). > > Webhosting companies that include Mailman in their hosting plans mainly > intend for it to be used for smaller lists and their servers really aren't > set up to handle any serious volume, because they're mainly for webhosting, > not list hosting. > > If you do go with a webhost that offers Mailman, I suggest looking for one > that has a semi-dedicated server plan, where they put a limited number of > customers on a server, usually 10-20 customers, you'll pay more but the > server will be better equipped to handle your volume. Regular shared > virtual hosting servers can have literally hundreds of customers and the > servers get overloaded very easily. > > Talk to webhosts, show them your list content, talk about your volume, > about how your list members joined (all confirmed opt-in?). If you're > upfront with your needs and your list is clean, not spammy, it'll be easier > to find a good host for your lists. > > hth, > texas critter > > -- > EL-M FAQ: http://www.emaillist-managers.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/ --- Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.656 / Virus Database: 421 - Release Date: 4/9/2004 ------------------------------------------------------ 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/
