On Wed, 2013-12-11 at 14:29 +0000, Timothy Murphy wrote: > the ezmlm mailing-list software, > which according to Wikipedia has not been updated since 1997, > and which "only works with the qmail mail transfer agent". > (Can this really be true?) Yes, it could. But they mean that qmail has to be running at the list hosting site, not that every member of the list must be on a qmail server. > What is the attraction of these decrepit mailing-list programs? Probably just that it's a huge pain to upgrade. We made the move from Majordomo to Mailman a long time ago, and with hundreds of lists to migrate, it was a multi-day project, during which many of the lists were not working at various times. Then our dozens of (mostly non-technical) list managers had to learn to use Mailman. It was a big disruption and a lot of work. Of course we think it was worth it; Mailman, with its web interface, is certainly a lot easier for the public to use. But I can only imagine what it would be like for SourceForge, as they probably have thousands of lists. I'm not trying to "justify" their choice, since I have no idea what resources those folks have available. Just to point out what it looks like from the list management side, from my perspective as one who runs mail servers for a living. Personally, I looked briefly at qmail way back when, and decided it was a no-go because of the "my way or the highway" license it carries. --Greg -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
