Why Mailman?

I think that there are better and much simpler web engines for
*Newsletters*.

Mailman can do more than that, hence it is much more complicated to
use/install/configure (my opinion).

Peleg.

On Mon, 2008-02-18 at 23:26 -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> This is a question from a complete novice so don't humor me with "there's no 
> such 
> thing as a dumb question". 
> 
> 
> Beckground:
> I worked in IT for many years back in the days of DOS 3.3, Lotus 1-2 -3 and 
> Word Perfect.  I've even had the fun of being the sole Administrator of a 
> Novell Netware network (no bosses) back in the dark days of computing.
> 
> 
> Question:
> Not being happy with the new fangled and pre-packaged Yahoo Groups, I'd like 
> to manage my own mailing list. I like to do it myself. Once upon a time I 
> stumbled across a web-based interface for creating a Mailman mailing list.  I 
> even set up a prototype kinda list as a Newsletter (with nobody able to post 
> except me/the owner).
> 
> 
> Then other passions consumed me. I had a problem with alcohol that I'm proud 
> to say I have under control. But for the life of me, I cannot remember where 
> on "World Wide" Web  I did this. 
> 
> 
> Any help given would be appreciated. In the absence of such help, can anyone 
> refer to a a *GOOD* place to start as far as getting started? This newsletter 
> is very important.  Although this list is exlusively for Mailman... are there 
> any other suggestions? Or is Mailman a good place to start for someone who is 
> a little bit familiar with batch files, scripts, CPL's for the AS/400 and 
> such?
> 
> 
> ThanX,
> Q
> 
> 

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