On 02/21/2012 11:46 AM, Jeff Epler wrote: > We presently host the primary webserver, forums, and wiki on dreamhost, > and anticipate using this for mailing list and bug tracker hosting. > > Yesterday I took the time to investigate dreamhost's discussion list > offerings more closely. I learned that: > * There is a "mass subscribe" function, so that we should be able to > transfer the current subscriber lists with relatively little trouble. > > * The turnaround was very fast: 3 seconds from the message entering my > local smtp server to the list message arriving in my mailbox. Of > course, this is for a test list with 1 subscriber, not the > hundreds(?) of subscribers on this list. > > * The provision for spam filtering on the server is limited; it may be > possible to enable RBL-based blacklisting and/or keyword-based > blacklisting. There does not appear to be a provision of > spamassassin-type filtering with rule-based and bayesian filters. > > This is contrast to sourceforge, where spamassassin is used to filter > mail to lists before it is sent to subscribers. In my experience, > RBL-based filtering is a partial solution, and keyword-based > filtering is useless. > > However, we have a number of other options that we can employ to > limit spam: Out of the box, we would require confirming each new > subscription and hold or reject postings from non-members. If it > proves necessary, we will additionally set new list members to > "moderated", so that approval of a user's initial post will be > required. > > As a result, it is likely that spam filtering may be somewhat less > good with a dreamhost-based list. However, I think the range of > options available to us will allow us to do pretty good spam > prevention. > > Jeff > Jeff,
I administer a BBS on Dreamhost. Nothing but good things to say about the hosting service. I've not set up a mailing list with them yet, so I don't know what mailing list software they use. They do mention something about .procmail files being in the user's home directory, so they may be using some kind of spamassasin or other anti-spam software the has hooks into procmail. mark ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Keep Your Developer Skills Current with LearnDevNow! The most comprehensive online learning library for Microsoft developers is just $99.99! Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL - plus HTML5, CSS3, MVC3, Metro Style Apps, more. Free future releases when you subscribe now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/learndevnow-d2d _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
