[Mailman-Users] Is Mailman right for us?

2010-07-21 Thread Alison Epstein
Hello, We're considering using Mailman for our organization's listservs. But I'm having trouble finding a demo to try or some screen snapshots so that I can even determine if this is the right software for us. I need something for our discussion lists. (We also have announce-only lists.)

[Mailman-Users] Merging two lists

2010-07-21 Thread Michael R Boudreau
Hi all, I need to merge List A into List B. My plan is to run list_members on both lists and use the Unix 'uniq' tool to find the members of List A who are not already in List B. Then I'll use the web interface's mass subscription page to add the members from List A to List B. Following that,

Re: [Mailman-Users] Is Mailman right for us?

2010-07-21 Thread Larry Stone
On Wed, 21 Jul 2010, Alison Epstein wrote: We're considering using Mailman for our organization's listservs. But I'm I'll save Mark the trouble of dealing with this part. Listserv (capital L) is the trademarked name of a competing mailing list managment product. It is not a generic term for

Re: [Mailman-Users] Is Mailman right for us?

2010-07-21 Thread Anthony R. Thompson
On 7/21/2010 5:12 AM, Alison Epstein wrote: We're considering using Mailman for our organization's listservs. But I'm having trouble finding a demo to try or some screen snapshots so that I can even determine if this is the right software for us. I need something for our discussion lists. (We

Re: [Mailman-Users] Is Mailman right for us?

2010-07-21 Thread Brian Carpenter
-Original Message- From: mailman-users-bounces+brian=emwd@python.org [mailto:mailman-users- bounces+brian=emwd@python.org] On Behalf Of Alison Epstein Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2010 5:12 AM To: mailman-users@python.org Subject: [Mailman-Users] Is Mailman right for us?

Re: [Mailman-Users] Merging two lists

2010-07-21 Thread Anthony R. Thompson
On 7/21/2010 11:23 AM, Michael R Boudreau wrote: I need to merge List A into List B. My plan is to run list_members on both lists and use the Unix 'uniq' tool to find the members of List A who are not already in List B. Then I'll use the web interface's mass subscription page to add the members

Re: [Mailman-Users] Is Mailman right for us?

2010-07-21 Thread Carl Zwanzig
On 7/21/2010 2:12 AM, Alison Epstein wrote: We're considering using Mailman for our organization's listservs. But I'm having trouble finding a demo to try or some screen snapshots so that I can even determine if this is the right software for us. There is no demo, but since it's free, all you

Re: [Mailman-Users] Merging two lists

2010-07-21 Thread Mark Sapiro
Michael R Boudreau wrote: I need to merge List A into List B. My plan is to run list_members on both lists and use the Unix 'uniq' tool to find the members of List A who are not already in List B. Then I'll use the web interface's mass subscription page to add the members from List A to List

Re: [Mailman-Users] Is Mailman right for us?

2010-07-21 Thread Alison Epstein
Wow! Thanks to everyone who wrote back. I found the responses very helpful, and it sounds like it could be workable for our needs. Thanks again everyone, and I'm sure I'll be back with more questions. Alison P.S. I normally spell it list-serv, but was feeling lazy yesterday, so I skipped