RE: [Mailman-Users] Since my Host is doing nothing

[Annette @ Hosting Matters]

> Subject: [Mailman-Users] Since my Host is doing nothing

> My web host, Hosting Matters has decided to move many of its' clients to a
> new server.  The result is we are being place onto your service for (at
> least) mail lists.  Maybe you do the whole thing, don't know, don't care.
(rest snipped for sanity's sake)

Hmm, resting on our laurels, I guess. As noted to you along with other
items - some of which are mentioned in this post to the list - the mailman
software is something local to the server, not something external to it (and
the data certainly isn't managed by someone else, just as SmartList isn't
handled off network). Mailman has excellent features and is much better in
terms of scalability, IMO, than other list software, but there is the
occasional person that finds it too difficult to use. For them, another
script can be found. It isn't as if mailman is the only list software out
there - but it surely is one of the better ones. I'm not certain that a
mailman mailing list is exactly the place for getting those types of
recommendations, however.

Regards,

Annette
Hosting Matters, Inc.
http://www.hostmatters.com




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Re: [Mailman-Users] Since my Host is doing nothing

[Ashley M. Kirchner]

"Brian @ Verizon" wrote:

> Perhaps you can at least make some helpful suggestions for the novice.

When your host said they're moving their users to use Mailman for mailing
lists, they were not implying that the service is being done by someone else.
Mailman is a software package that they (your host) installs on their
machine(s).  They run it, they configure it, they host it, period.

However, on the issue of having your pages match your website, all of
Mailman's templates are configurable by the list administrator, so you can
change its looks to your liking.

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