Barry, Mark, et all - I use multiple Mailman implementations on several ISPs and am generally very pleased with its operation. I have one issue that seems to exist to one degree or another with all of them and I would appreciate some insight from the experienced users.
I have problems on my larger lists (they range from 85 to 420 members) with loss of outgoing mail. I have been able to identify what are apparently multiple reasons for these problems. All of them seem to be associated with server overload. At least one of my ISPs had a default limit of 50 outgoing messages per hour (I do not know how this control is implemented). Obviously, this kind of limit resulted in some of the list members never receiving any mail and everyone being cut-out if more than one message was sent during the metering period. Unfortunately, even the ISPs without the metering limit seem to have problems handling the large volume burst created when a message is sent to a list exceeding 80-100 members. I have been told that some less full featured mailing list applications have metering capabilities included in them but I would prefer to stick with Mailman. Obviously, solutions like breaking up my lists into smaller lists would only help in a limited number of instances. I need a better solution, especially for my lists that are interactive (Discussion). Can anyone offer any insight or suggestions? Who else is having this problem? - JimF -------------------------------------------- James T. Fortney [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------ 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
