Re: OT: List Server Software

[Bruno Prior <bruno@xxxxxxx>]

I haven't used it, so can't comment on how much it fits the bill, but
mailman is free. The following is the package description, which seems
to suggest it can do most of what you need:

Mailman -- The GNU Mailing List Management System -- is a mailing list
management system written mostly in Python. Features:
o Most standard mailing list features, including: moderation, mail based
commands, digests, etc...
o An extensive Web interface, customizable on a per-list basis.
o Web based list administration interface for *all* admin-type tasks
o Automatic Web based hypermail-style archives (using pipermail or other
external archiver), including provisions for private archives
o Integrated mail list to newsgroup gatewaying
o Integrated newsgroup to mail list gatewaying (polling-based... if you
have access to the nntp server, you should be able to easily do
non-polling based news->mail list gatewaying; email viega@xxxxxxx, I'd
like to help get that going and come up with instructions)
o Smart bounce detection and correction
o Integrated fast bulk mailing
o Smart spam protection
o Extensible logging
o Multiple list owners and moderators are possible
o Optional MIME-compliant digests
o Nice about which machine you subscribed from if you're from the right
domain

I believe it is included with many linux distros (certainly with
Mandrake), or you can get it from http://mailman.sourceforge.net/

Cheers,

Bruno


Andrew Brockhurst wrote:
> Just found this,
>
> as used by FarCry for their support, has web interface, mail server
and
> nntp, moderated/unmoderated, web based admin etc,etc...
>
> standard edition should be fine and from 500USD runs on linux or
win2k/xp
>
> http://www.lyris.com/products/listmanager/
>
> looks the business.
>
> only thing I'm not sure about is digests, but I've not looked into it
fully.
>
> Andy
>
>
>   -----Original Message-----
>   From: mark_harrison_uk2 [mailto:mph@xxxxxxx]
>   Sent: 19 June 2003 17:46
>   To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>   Subject: [ukha_d] OT: List Server Software
>
>
>   Hi all,
>
>   As you may be aware, I co-moderate eMog, a list about Morgan Sports
>   Cars, similar in size (both number of members and message volumes)
to
>   UKHA_D.
>
>   We took the view a long while ago that eMog should steer clear of
>   advertising-supported services, and went to a service provider who
>   gave us a Lyris service.
>
>   Fortunately, we found someone who was a classic car enthusiast, and
>   got about a 90% discount :-)
>
>   The bad news - he's been bought out, and the bill is about to go
from
>   $180/year to almost $2,000/year, which we can't afford.
>
>   Total transfer volume is about 4Gb/month, so RapidHoster could
handle
>   the bandwidth requirements, HOWEVER, the question is one of list
>   server functionality.
>
>   Most Morgan owners are in their 60s or 70s, and not
"agile" when it
>   comes to learning new technologies. We need a software package that
>   has _all_ of the following:
>
>   - list server, with option to take messages as:
>   --- on the web only
>   --- every mail as it arrives
>   --- digests containing all messages (once a day)
>   --- digests containing just subject lines
>
>   - must allow users to attach JPGs as email attachments, and render
>   them properly in web-based viewing of the list
>
>   - must be "approved-members only", ie allow moderators the
ability to
>   approve all memberships
>
>   - must have "moderate a particular member" functionality
>
>   - must cost a lot less than Lyris
>
>   I've looked at the "standard" list servers, but all appear
to fall
>   down on one or two items. I wondered if anyone knew of anything that
>   met all the requirements?
>
>   Regards,
>
>   Mark
>   www.emog.com