Re: Majordomo on a commercial web hosting service

Web hosting is not the same as mail hosting (is it?).  For majordomo, 
you need shell
or at least editor access to make modifications to the /etc/aliases file 
as you create your
mailing list(s).  With ftp access, you might be able to find 
work-arounds, but each time
you send/modify this file, a shell command must be executed to make the 
changes
active.  I doubt very highly that you will be able to run majordomo on 
GoDaddy
based on the information you provided.

Dan Liston

Kenneth B. Harwood wrote:

> i want to run a ListServer behind my website.  my Web Hosting Service 
> (GoDaddy) does not offer Majordomo (or anything like it).  under my 
> "Deluxe" level of service contract, GoDaddy will allow me to upload 
> (and execute live) Perl scripts.  do you think that is sufficient to 
> allow me to get Majordomo running in GoDaddy's server?
>  
> one of the thing: under the terms of my contract i do not have linux 
> shell or Admin access to GoDaddy's server.  this almost certainly 
> meansthat  i would not be allowed to compile Majordomo's single 
> C-coded security module (mentioned in your FAQ) on their virtual host.  
>  
> should i not be able to get Majordomo running on GoDaddy that would 
> not be such a terrible thing.  Majordomo is probably more than i need 
> but too much of a good thing never hurt anyone.
>  
> thank you.
>  
>  - kenneth harwood
>    reno, nevada