Re: MajorDomo MajorCool question.
Brent Chapman <[email protected]> Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:04:50 -0700
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--0016e648be36b737cf04761495ec Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 [Re-sending this from the right email address, so that it actually gets through to the Majordomo-Users list... Apologies to those of you who've already seen it. -Brent] On Fri, Oct 16, 2009 at 10:59 AM, Karl Pearson <[email protected]>wrote: > But, for anyone who has read thus far, I have a question: Is there any > package for managing email groups that is easy to move to which is also > better than Majordomo? Frankly, it's not broken, so I'm not planning a > move at this time, but I've been using MD 1.94.5 for about 15 years now, > and as things have progressed from one server to the next during that > time, the thought crosses my mind that I may need to change email group > server software at some point... It might be nice to have a Linux server > that uses repositories for everything I have. Now that Ubuntu gives > ClamAV and SpamAssassin through repository, I may be tempted to also > switch from the CentOS/RedHat/Fedora flavor to a Ubuntu/Linux Mint/gOS > flavor sometime... > Even I don't use Majordomo 1.94.5 any more, and I wrote the thing... A few years ago, I moved all of the GreatCircle.com lists (including this one, [email protected]) to the never-released Majordomo2 (which is a total rewrite that I had no involvement with; http://www.mj2.org/). However, for the past couple of years, whenever I've set up new sites and new lists, I've used GNU Mailman ( http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/index.html), just like seemingly everybody else. Majordomo2 showed a lot of promise, but the authors have never officially "released" it. It's close enough to finished for their purposes, and the project seems to have stalled. If you're comfortable obtaining in-development code from a CVS server, setting it up (including the underlying MySQL database), and running it, then it might be for you. If you want the installation process to be "apt-get install mj2" (or the RedHat equivalent), then it's definitely not what you're looking for. Majordomo was useful in its day, and I'm honored that so many people have gotten so much use out of it over the years, but it's way past its "best by" date at this point... -Brent --0016e648be36b737cf04761495ec Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable [Re-sending this from the right email address, so that it actually gets thr= ough to the Majordomo-Users list... =A0Apologies to those of you who've= already seen it. =A0-Brent]<br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Fri, Oct = 16, 2009 at 10:59 AM, Karl Pearson <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:= [email protected]">[email protected]</a>></span> wrote:<br> <blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p= x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">But, for anyone who has read thus far, I ha= ve a question: Is there any<br> package for managing email groups that is easy to move to which is also<br> better than Majordomo? Frankly, it's not broken, so I'm not plannin= g a<br> move at this time, but I've been using MD 1.94.5 for about 15 years now= ,<br> and as things have progressed from one server to the next during that<br> time, the thought crosses my mind that I may need to change email group<br> server software at some point... It might be nice to have a Linux server<br= > that uses repositories for everything I have. Now that Ubuntu gives<br> ClamAV and SpamAssassin through repository, I may be tempted to also<br> switch from the CentOS/RedHat/Fedora flavor to a Ubuntu/Linux Mint/gOS<br> flavor sometime...<br></blockquote><div><br></div><span class=3D"Apple-styl= e-span" style=3D"font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; border-co= llapse: collapse; "><div>Even I don't use Majordomo 1.94.5 any more, an= d I wrote the thing... =A0</div> <div><br></div><div>A few years ago, I moved all of the GreatCircle.com lis= ts (including this one, [email protected]) to the never-relea= sed Majordomo2 (which is a total rewrite that I had no involvement with;=A0= <a href=3D"http://www.mj2.org/" target=3D"_blank" style=3D"color: rgb(51, 5= 1, 204); ">http://www.mj2.org/</a>). =A0However, for the past couple of yea= rs, whenever I've set up new sites and new lists, I've used GNU Mai= lman (<a href=3D"http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/index.html" target=3D"= _blank" style=3D"color: rgb(51, 51, 204); ">http://www.gnu.org/software/mai= lman/index.html</a>), just like seemingly everybody else.</div> <div><br></div><div>Majordomo2 showed a lot of promise, but the authors hav= e never officially "released" it. =A0It's close enough to fin= ished for their purposes, and the project seems to have stalled. =A0If you&= #39;re comfortable obtaining in-development code from a CVS server, setting= it up (including the underlying MySQL database), and running it, then it m= ight be for you. =A0If you want the installation process to be "apt-ge= t install mj2" (or the RedHat equivalent), then it's definitely no= t what you're looking for.</div> <div><br></div><div>Majordomo was useful in its day, and I'm honored th= at so many people have gotten so much use out of it over the years, but it&= #39;s way past its "best by" date at this point...</div><div> <br></div><font color=3D"#888888"><div><font class=3D"Apple-style-span" col= or=3D"#000000"><br></font></div></font></span><div><span class=3D"Apple-sty= le-span" style=3D"font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; border-c= ollapse: collapse; ">-Brent</span>=A0</div> </div><br> --0016e648be36b737cf04761495ec--