Lex Thoonen sent the message below at 12:58 PM 3/23/2007: >Hi, > >I'm renting a linux box, fedora with the Apache/2.0.53. (as a >dedicated server.) > >NOW; I looked at installing mailman myself, but rather soon figured I'm >not linux experienced enough to do this. So I asked the tech people at >fasthots.co.uk to take a look. They've been busy for a few days, >working now and then I guess, and just now I received this e-mail from them: > >--------------- > >I've now (with the assistance of my colleagues here) spent >considerably longer than the allocated 30 minutes trying to get this >setup for you, without success. Realistically we are not going to be >able to finish this without incurring additional PES fees, which may >add up to a few hours - please let us know whether you wish us to >carry on with this. > >-------------- > >Now, I would just like to know if this sounds kind of normal to you, >experienced people. "a few hours" is quite a bit of money, hence >my question. > >p.s. the server is a 'out of the box' story, hardly any modification >(if at all). > >Thanks a lot, ---------------- End original message. ---------------------
I think they are either lazy or incompetent. (Or both). Mailman from source is extremely easy to install. I think it took me all of about 40 minutes to download it, extract it, read the install instructions and have my first test list working. Since you are using a Fedora box, have you tried using yum to install it? That's even easier, a few seconds for yum to grab an rpm from the repository and install it and then maybe 20 minutes to configure things and you should be going. Dragon ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Venimus, Saltavimus, Bibimus (et naribus canium capti sumus) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org 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/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org Security Policy: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq01.027.htp
