<<That was a little too strong, if the hosting company means 300 > messages, not 300 recipients. You would need to NOT turn on > personalization, or VERP, and you would probably need to turn off the > monthly password reminders. >>
Sorry about that, I should clarify that I definitely meant 300 recipients, not messages. I only plan on sending 3-4 messages a month with this list. ----- Original Message ----- From: "John W. Baxter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Mailman Users" <mailman-users@python.org> Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2006 10:08 AM Subject: Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman stagger script? > On 1/25/06 7:40 AM, "John W. Baxter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On 1/25/06 7:21 AM, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> I was told by my hosting company that I need to pick a mailing list >>> manager >>> for my 14,000+ subscriber e-mail list that would stagger the sending of >>> the >>> email to something like 300 e-mails per hour to lower the impact on the >>> server. I already have Mailman installed, and the entire list currently >>> sits >>> there. Is there any way to do this with Mailman? >> >> If you expect more than four messages per week to be sent to the list, >> then >> you can't do this with any mailing list manager. (If I can still do >> arithmetic, it would take about 44 hours to send 14,000 messages at 300 >> per >> hour.) >> >> I think you need a different hosting company. >> >> Aside from that little detail, this general question has come up several >> times recently, and as far as I know the answer remains "no". >> > > Oops. That was a little too strong, if the hosting company means 300 > messages, not 300 recipients. You would need to NOT turn on > personalization, or VERP, and you would probably need to turn off the > monthly password reminders. > > Given that, you would still run into the answer that no, Mailman doesn't > throttle. But some other list management software might work. Go to the > Mailman FAQ (link in the footer to this message) and search for > throttle > for more information. > > Rather than a whole new hosting company, you may want to look for a > separate > host for your list, one that specializes in lists. You would then need > list > mailing addresses like list.example.com rather than example.com, so the > world can direct the mail properly, and the same for the web interface. > Such a hosting company might prefer software other than Mailman, or might > prefer Mailman. > > --John > > > ------------------------------------------------------ > Mailman-Users mailing list > Mailman-Users@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users > Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py > Searchable Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ > Unsubscribe: > http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/dan%40thefoldmusic.com > > Security Policy: > http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq01.027.htp > > ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org Security Policy: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq01.027.htp
