Re: MajorDomo MajorCool question.

"Roger B.A. Klorese" <[email protected]> Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:14:38 -0700
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On Oct 16, 2009, at 3:04 PM, Brent Chapman wrote:

> 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.


We find ourselves at the same crossroads, and are in the process of  
switching to Sympa.  While Mailman certainly has a larger user base  
and good ease-of-use, the currently-released version doesn't do  
multiple domains with delegated administration, which is something OPG/ 
QueerNet needs desperately.  With Mailman 2, we would need to install  
a new instance of Mailman for each domain we serve. (And Mailman 3 is  
alpha and feature-incomplete, and seems to need a lot of Python  
infrastructure to run.)  Sympa has a dedicated and funded development  
team, a good internationalized web interface, a concept of multiple  
independent domains ("robots"), and a fair amount of customizability  
without being the inscrutable Swiss Army Chainsaw that Mj2 ultimately  
turned into.
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"><div><div>On Oct 16, 2009, at 3:04 PM, Brent Chapman =
wrote:</div><br><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><span=
 class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-family: arial, sans-serif; =
font-size: 11px; border-collapse: collapse; "><div>A few years ago, I =
moved all of the <a href=3D"http://GreatCircle.com">GreatCircle.com</a> =
lists (including this one, <a =
href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">Majordomo-Users@GreatCircl=
e.com</a>) to the never-released Majordomo2 (which is a total rewrite =
that I had no involvement with;&nbsp;<a href=3D"http://www.mj2.org/" =
target=3D"_blank" style=3D"color: rgb(51, 51, 204); =
">http://www.mj2.org/</a>). &nbsp;However, for the past couple of years, =
whenever I've set up new sites and new lists, I've used GNU Mailman (<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/mailman/index.html</a>), just like =
seemingly everybody else.</div>
</span></div></blockquote></div><br><div><br></div><div>We find =
ourselves at the same crossroads, and are in the process of switching to =
Sympa. &nbsp;While Mailman certainly has a larger user base and good =
ease-of-use, the currently-released version doesn't do multiple domains =
with delegated administration, which is something OPG/QueerNet needs =
desperately. &nbsp;With Mailman 2, we would need to install a new =
instance of Mailman for each domain we serve. (And Mailman 3 is alpha =
and feature-incomplete, and seems to need a lot of Python infrastructure =
to run.) &nbsp;Sympa has a dedicated and funded development team, a good =
internationalized web interface, a concept of multiple independent =
domains ("robots"), and a fair amount of customizability without being =
the inscrutable Swiss Army Chainsaw that Mj2 ultimately turned =
into.</div></body></html>=

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