Re: Mailing list software recommendations
On Tue, 21 Sep 2010 23:34:15 -0500 Ryan Coleman edi...@d3photography.com articulated: I'm thinking about installing either ezmlm or mailman. I'm not against others; thoughts? DADA Mail, http://dadamailproject.com/ is an excellent program. It is not in the ports system although it is on my list of things to do eventually. -- Jerry ✌ freebsd.u...@seibercom.net Disclaimer: off-list followups get on-list replies or get ignored. Please do not ignore the Reply-To header. __ Zymurgy's Law of Volunteer Labor: People are always available for work in the past tense. ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Mailing list software recommendations
I'm thinking about installing either ezmlm or mailman. I'm not against others; thoughts? To quote my: http://berklix.com/~jhs/src/bsd/fixes/FreeBSD/ports/gen/mail/mailman/files/ An agressive 5 minute killer python loop in /var/cron/tanbs/mailman has been killing my hosts for 5 years I dont know if they fixed it. What worried me was what else might be sloppy dangerous, I didnt have time/ enthusiasm to do a code read through. One day, if when after mailman has a code read through to confirm it has no more killer loops, I'd like to find time for a 2nd stab to convert all my lists on majord...@berklix.org to mailman. Cheers, Julian -- Julian Stacey: BSD Unix Linux C Sys Eng Consultants Munich http://berklix.com Munich 18th Sept Free Software, Lectures Installs http://berklix.org/sdf/ ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: mailing list software
Um, may I point out a more convient MLM? tinylist. Web membership management, simple form- click a radio button for subscribe/unsubscribe, fill in your email address, click SEND. You get a letter. Reply to it. No passwords needed. It sends you a confirming letter telling you what it did. If there is a custom welcome/farewell message for the list, it sends you that instead. Simple. Grab the mouse, click, choose. simple. site: http://www.tinylist.org/ Master menu: http://www.tinylist.org/cgi-bin/TLmastermenu.py Available lists: http://www.tinylist.org/cgi-bin/TLwebmgr.py Anthony Abby wrote: But does a list subscriber need to find/remember and use his list password to unsubscribe? That stupid requirement pretty much kills mailman for the non-geek, mass-market crowd. sure does. Len Yes they do, and not to mention that, but most people will subscribe/unsubscribe from the graphical interface anyway, and I think most people who are familiar with mailing lists will attest, it's HORROR trying to admin a list hosted by Mailman. Until the developers make the unsubscribe feauture more pronounced in Mailman, you're always going to have lord knows how many screaming people on your list who don't know how to unsubscribe. It's terriblecheck out the Redhat mailing lists sometime! flinch... Anthony To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message Now you know why I wrote tinylist- along with the headaches attendant to majordomo... end Respectfully, Kirk D Bailey +-Thou Art Free. -Eris---+ | http://www.howlermonkey.net mailto:highprimate;howlermonkey.net | | KILL spam dead! http://www.scambusters.org/stopspam/#Pledge | | http://www.tinylist.org ++ mailto:grumpy;tinylist.org | +--Thinking| NORMAL |Thinking--+ ++ - Introducing NetZero Long Distance 1st month Free! Sign up today at: www.netzerolongdistance.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
Re: mailing list software
But does a list subscriber need to find/remember and use his list password to unsubscribe? That stupid requirement pretty much kills mailman for the non-geek, mass-market crowd. this is pretty easily changed in mailman. a patch for passwordless unsubscribes in mailman 2.0.13 follows below... - rob --- Mailman/MailCommandHandler.py.orig 2002-11-12 15:36:21.140003000 -0500 +++ Mailman/MailCommandHandler.py 2002-11-12 16:02:36.610014000 -0500 @@ -511,8 +511,8 @@ def ProcessUnsubscribeCmd(self, args, cmd, mail): if not len(args): - self.AddError(Usage: unsubscribe password [email-address]) - return + # allow unsubscribe with no password + pass if len(args) 2: self.AddError(Usage: unsubscribe password [email-address]\n To unsubscribe from a particular list, To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
Re: mailing list software
I recommend Mailman: /usr/ports/mail/mailman It's from GNU (free!), works well, and is well supported. It installed simply and easily for me. But does a list subscriber need to find/remember and use his list password to unsubscribe? That stupid requirement pretty much kills mailman for the non-geek, mass-market crowd. Len To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
Re: mailing list software
I think Listar/Ecartis is much better than Mailman. Check it out at http://www.listar.org. It's also free and has a ton of options. Anthony I was going to look at mail/listmanager to see if it was good enough for I recommend Mailman: /usr/ports/mail/mailman It's from GNU (free!), works well, and is well supported. It installed simply and easily for me. To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
RE: mailing list software
comments below Subject: Re: mailing list software At 01:07 PM 10.22.2002 -0400, Anthony Abby wrote: But does a list subscriber need to find/remember and use his list password to unsubscribe? That stupid requirement pretty much kills mailman for the non-geek, mass-market crowd. Len Yes they do, and not to mention that, but most people will subscribe/unsubscribe from the graphical interface anyway, and I think most people who are familiar with mailing lists will attest, it's HORROR trying to admin a list hosted by Mailman. Until the developers make the unsubscribe feauture more pronounced in Mailman, you're always going to have lord knows how many screaming people on your list who don't know how to unsubscribe. It's terrible check out the Redhat mailing lists sometime! Anthony In fact, mailing lists are the best place to find out about programs. Just watch and read for a few weeks and you'll have a very good idea about what to expect. Also, look at their archives. I was considering mailman and tracked the mailing list, plus have been subscribed to lists using MM and decided it was not ready for prime time yet. I use majordomo which does the job well... (of course I will tout what I use!) it's easy to operate and has a solid performance record. Plus, it's free too if the is part of the criteria. Best regards, Jack L. Stone, Administrator SageOne Net http://www.sage-one.net [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message I too use majordomo, originally I had it working with sendmail, then I upgraded to qmail. I maintain 2 lists with little effort. Besides, if it is good enough for the [EMAIL PROTECTED] list, it is good enough for me. To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe freebsd-questions in the body of the message
