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 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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. -- Frederick Noronha * Freelance Journalist * Goa * India 832.409490 / 409783 BYTESFORALL www.bytesforall.org * GNU-LINUX http://linuxinindia.pitas.com Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] * SMS [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Saligao Goa India Writing with a difference... on what makes *the* difference If you're writing a personal e-mail to me, kindly mark it so prominently ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py
