[AT] OT Majordomo vs Mailman etc

[Spencer Yost]

Majordomo is no longer actively developed, never has been supported
well(other than being used alot and having a pretty large community of
users), and has security problems.   Having said that, I like it and since
I am a programmer, lack of support has never been an issue.  However, the
security issues finally made me switch.   MailMan is the only real
alternative these days - at least if you can't spend any money.  I tried a
few others but only tested Mailman with the ATIS users because the others
had deficiencies in performance, subscription handling, etc.  There are
several really good packages if you have a few hundred bucks laying around.

Spencer Yost
Owner, ATIS
Plow the Net!
http://www.atis.net

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On 9/17/2004 at 7:22 AM Dave Merchant wrote:

>I'm wondering about any experience with various mail servers like Mailman 
>or Majordomo.
>
>I want to set up 2 small circulation mail lists (family geneology + lake 
>freighters).
>
>Oh by the way, which programs have free versions?
>
>TIA
>Dave Merchant
>
>
>Dave Merchant
>kosh at nesys.com
>nesys_com at ameritech.net
>
>http://www.nesys.com
>http://www.nesys.org
>
>
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