On Thu, Oct 25, 2007 at 04:47:51AM -0000, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > On Wed, 24 Oct 2007 23:08:14 -0500, Shane Geiger wrote: > > > A mailing list manager is really overkill for what he is trying to do > > *IF* he is not maintaining a discussion list. > > It's not overkill at all. Mailman is easy to install (at least on a Red > Hat based Linux system, your mileage may vary elsewhere) and easy to use > *and* for bonus marks it's written in Python.
There's very little that Mailman is not overkill for. Running as a daemon and managing its own queue is completely unneccessary; that's what the MTA is for. Enemies of Carlotta is also written in Python, except it's written sanely. http://liw.iki.fi/liw/eoc/ or 'enemies-of-carlotta' in Debian. Alternatively, SmartList is written as a set of procmail filters; available from http://procmail.org/ or 'smartlist' in Debian. > > A "newsletter" list > > doesn't sound like a discussion list, especially since he wants to hide > > the email addresses of the other people. > > There's more to running a mailing list than just sending emails. How do > you handle archives, the invariable complaints of missing newsletters, > requests for subscriptions, unsubscriptions, and temporary "I'll be on > holiday for a month, don't email me until I return" requests? And even if > it is not a discussion list, people expect to be able to write back to > the author/editor of the newsletter. Being able to reply to the author/editor is something that has been possible via email for 25+ years. You don't need a mailing list manager for it. -- Benjamin A'Lee :: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://subvert.org.uk/~bma/ "It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets." - Voltaire
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