On Wed, Jun 13, 2018 at 09:10:48AM -0400, Richard Hipp wrote: > Other issues with GNU MailMan: > > (1) Only works with Apache. Or, at least, I have only been able to > get it to work with apache. That means I have to run a separate > apache server just to operation MailMan, whereas the rest of SQLite > and Fossil uses a non-apache solution.
I never used it with Apache. All my past installations where done with FastCGI. > (2) We keep having problems with evil subscribers harvesting the email > addresses of innocent posters and send them porn-spam via private > email. Since the porn-spam contain the subject line of the original > posting, it often makes it through spam filters. MailMan has not > effective solution to this. This is nothing mailman can do anything about though. The same issue exist with any other mailing list. > (3) GNU MailMan is a pile of Python, spread out across many > directories in magical places all over the filesystem. It is sparsely > documented (that I have been able to find) and difficult to work on. Is it? At least the pkgsrc version is fully contained under lib/mailman. I don't comment on the source quality. > For all of the above reasons, I think the time has come to abandon GNU > MailMan for something better - something that I have more control > over. From past experience, I would generally recomment against rewriting mail handling software. It tends to just not be worth the trouble. That said, which version are you currently using -- the latest? I can try to spend some time on checking how much work the captcha patch needs in terms of updating. Joerg _______________________________________________ fossil-users mailing list fossil-users@lists.fossil-scm.org http://lists.fossil-scm.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fossil-users
