[Mailman-Users] good web hosting company for Mailman?

[Brian Carpenter]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: mailman-users-bounces+brian=emwd.com at python.org [mailto:mailman-
> users-bounces+brian=emwd.com at python.org] On Behalf Of nigel white
> Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 4:03 PM
> To: mailman-users at python.org
> Subject: [Mailman-Users] good web hosting company for Mailman?
> 
> My hosting company have just put a ceiling on the number of emails our
> domain can post in an hour = 100. This is hopeless for us, as one email
> sent to a list with 98 members = 98 emails, in their book. Consequently
> loads of my emails are being discarded by the server and my punters are
> cross.
> 
> Another drawback of my host, for Mailman admin, is that Mailman can
> only
> be installed via CPanel. Also SSH terminal access is not permitted. Its
> all very limiting.
> 
> Which hosts are good for Mailman? Who do you folks use? I have a
> preference for small UK companies, but any efficient and good value
> suggestions are welcome.
> 
> Best wishes
> Nigel
> 
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> Headingley Community web site
> www.headingley.org

Hi Nigel:

You can view a list of friendly mailman hosts at
http://wiki.list.org/display/COM/Mailman+hosting+services.

I will also invite you to take a look at our services at
http://mailmanhost.com. We impose no sending limits on any of our mailman
clients. Though we are an American company, we are seeing a large influx of
UK clients to our services. 

> Also SSH terminal access is not permitted. Its
> all very limiting.

The only way you will gain access to the backend of Mailman is to have root
access to the server and this can only be accomplished via a VPS or
dedicated server. Having ssh access on a shared hosting account will still
not allow you to access the scripts that are contained in the
mailmaninstallation/bin/ directory. However most end users of mailman do not
need access to these scripts. At least that has been our experience.

Feel free to contact me off list if you additional questions.

Brian
Mailmanhost.com