Larry Stone sent the message below at 14:09 8/29/2007: >On Wed, 29 Aug 2007, Dragon wrote: > > > Lots of us have done just that. I run my lists on a server owned by a > > friend and have pretty much free reign to do whatever I want. > > > If you can justify the costs of doing so, it is a good solution. For > > people like me who do this both as a hobby and for a non-profit > > organization, the trick is finding a place to host that server that > > won't cost an arm and a leg. > >Other than my time of installing it and configuring it, I have no costs. I >run it on my iMac that sits at home. My DSL provider has no problems with >servers. Volume is low enough that my 384Kbps upstream is adequate. Until >a few months ago, that iMac was also my main desktop machine. While it's >now a dedicated server, there's nothing about Mailman and whatever MTA you >use that requires them to be on a dedicated server - they'll be quite >happy to chug along in the background. ---------------- End original message. ---------------------
The problem is that not everyone has an ISP that is willing to allow a user to run an SMTP server or web server on a home machine. The server my friend owns that hosts my stuff is on a Cox business account with a static IP. Cox is one of many ISPs that won't allow their subscribers to run such a server on a standard home broadband connection, they will only allow such traffic on a business account. As with everything, your mileage will vary. 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
