Re: Listserver concerns

[Ben Gertzfield <che@debian.org>]

>>>>> "John" == John Goerzen <jgoerzen@complete.org> writes:

    John> Hi, I note that we are running smartlist.  Smartlist
    John> apparently has had only one minor change in 2 years, and has
    John> some nasty Y2K issues.  Are we prepared to deal with these
    John> problems?

    John> Alternatively, why not look into a system such as Listar
    John> (www.listar.org)?  Listar offers the command mode like
    John> Majordomo or Listserv do (although it offers many more
    John> features than Majordomo).  It features automatic bounce
    John> processing and anti-spam measures, too.

I haven't got any experience with listar, but in the spirit of
Debian *GNU*/Linux, we might want to take a look at Mailman.

http://www.list.org/

I've recently started using Mailman, and I must say it's *extremely*
impressive.

Ben

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