On 12/16/07, Cyndi Norwitz quoted Stephen J. Turnbull: >> But you'll bother the Mailman developers because they do it for free? > > I do not wish to take over the list with meta-discussion but your comments > are completely uncalled for.
IMO, the truth is somewhere between those two points. Stephen may have been a bit harsh, but there's definitely a kernel of reality there. > When I found this mailing list, it appeared to be a general discussion list > for Mailman users. As I said before, if I was mistaken about the purpose > of the list then I hope Mark or another list owner will correct me and > guide me to a more appropriate venue. We have had numerous historical problems with users of software that have been more or less heavily customized by other groups (e.g., cPanel, Plesk, Apple, etc...), and because of the amount of changes that have been made to the code and to the method in which they install and administer their customized version, there is relatively little we can do to help their users. If you've got a problem with Plesk's modified version of Mailman, you need to go talk to the Plesk guys. If you've got a problem with cPanel's modified version of Mailman, you need to go talk to the cPanel guys, although we know from past experience that they're not that responsive. If you've got a problem with Apple's modified version of Mailman, then don't even bother to go talk to Apple because we know from past experience that no one ever there will ever listen to you. If you've got a problem with the Debian or Red Hat binary packages, those respective communities actually have their own support resources that you should be able to use for these sorts of things, and you should be able to contact their maintainers. So, now the question becomes how does your ISP fit into this picture? > When I > can, I do direct them to better places for the information, which is what I > hope will happen here, if in fact I have been posting to the wrong place. This is not necessarily the wrong place for you to be asking your questions. Just keep in mind that we've been burned before by several other parties, and when people start talking about proprietary versions of Mailman, or non-standard configurations of Mailman, we may tend to get a little touchy. -- Brad Knowles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> LinkedIn Profile: <http://tinyurl.com/y8kpxu> ------------------------------------------------------ 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
