[Mailman-Users] Feedback... from South Asia

[Frederick Noronha]

A friend in Pakistan (Fawad Halim) had this feedback about Mailman. I hope
Fawad doesn't mind me forwarding it to the Mailman list... FN

On Mon, 18 Mar 2002, Fawad Halim wrote:


> Well, from the 'Mailman in the news' section of
> www.lists.org, Mailman has some pretty major sites
> under it's belt. However, do remember that mailman is
> a relatively young mlm. There are plenty of other mlms
> that have seen plenty more action. majordomo is
> probably the sendmail of mlms, however it's really a
> pain to configure. If your site runs qmail, ezmlm is
> probably your best choice. Like (all?) other DJB
> software, it's very lite, very secure and BLAZING
> fast. fast. Check out the main site at
> http://cr.yp.to/ezmlm.html. I mainly steer away from
> DJB software for licensing reason (not opensource
> according to the OSD (binary dist almost completely
> prohibited).
> 
> For the long haul, however, I believe mailman will
> emerge as the winner simply because of it's ease of
> use and maintenence (and it's opensource nature of
> course).
> 
> If raw speed is your main goal (running something like
> the lkml :-)), qmail+ezmlm is probably your best bet.
> 
> -fawad

> 
> --- Frederick Noronha <fred at bytesforall.org> wrote:
> > Was just curious to know... how does Mailman handle
> > mail load?
> > 
> > If I send one 10K message to 100 subscribers on a
> > list, what would be the
> > total load on the list-server? 1000K or less?
> > 
> > Mailman has a list to discuss issues related to the
> > software. If you make
> > good suggestions, they could incorporate it in the
> > next release. So,
> > perhaps now's the time to get involved.
> > 
> > Mailing lists are a very powerful tool. To demo the
> > power of Linux,
> > perhaps those interested could help set up various
> > mailing-lists for
> > professional, technical, developmental and other
> > people having
> > communication needs.

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