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Re: Advice on mailing list software -- special requirements

From	Miles Fidelman <mfidelman@meetinghouse.net>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: Advice on mailing list software -- special requirements
Date	2018-10-24 18:50 +0200
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On 10/24/18 6:45 AM, rhkramer@gmail.com wrote:

> On Wednesday, October 24, 2018 12:32:15 AM Miles Fidelman wrote:
>
> > Yes, but you really need a PUBLIC static IP address, or things tend to
>
> > get hairy.  Dynamic DNS will help, but only to a point.  And, a lot of
>
> > ISPs really don't like it if you run servers at the edge.
>
> We are currently such a small group, I don't think it will be an issue 
> -- if that changes, we can change.
>

Which - DynDNS or ISP objections?

The thing about dynamic DNS is that people cache DNS records - mail sent 
to the list WILL go to the wrong place on occasion.

Re. ISP objections - those objections sometimes take the form of active 
measures that block various kinds of traffic.

> > Bummer.  But maybe another, larger, Linux user group might help you
>
> > out?  I expect there might be somebody on this list who might volunteer
>
> > (hint, hint).  Maybe somebody at a nearby university - I believe you
>
> > have a few of those in the Lehigh Valley :-)
>
> We've had somebody make such an offer, and we'll probably take them up 
> on it -- I sort of wanted to try to set up a small mail list on one of 
> my computers, as long as I didn't have to run a web server or a *nix 
> style MTA
>
Now that is kind of hard to do.  All the mailing list servers that I've 
worked with require a rather intimate interconnection with the MTA that 
processes mail.  And that's before you "wire in" anti-spam and 
anti-virus filters.  And, you'll need a webserver for access to various 
administrative functions, and archive access.  Depending on the list 
server, you might also require a dbms.  Setting up list services can be 
an entertaining and educational exercise (also frustrating), but it's 
not simple.  (Actually, the simplest approach is using an MTA and 
managing lists in the alias file.)

Miles Fidelman

-- 
In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice.
In practice, there is.  .... Yogi Berra

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Advice on mailing list software -- special requirements rhkramer@gmail.com - 2018-10-23 16:00 +0200
  Re: Advice on mailing list software -- special requirements mick crane <mick.crane@gmail.com> - 2018-10-23 16:40 +0200
  Re: Advice on mailing list software -- special requirements Jeremy Nicoll <jn.ml.dbn.25@letterboxes.org> - 2018-10-23 16:50 +0200
  Re: Advice on mailing list software -- special requirements Miles Fidelman <mfidelman@meetinghouse.net> - 2018-10-23 17:20 +0200
    Re: Advice on mailing list software -- special requirements rhkramer@gmail.com - 2018-10-24 02:20 +0200
      Re: Advice on mailing list software -- special requirements Miles Fidelman <mfidelman@meetinghouse.net> - 2018-10-24 06:40 +0200
        Re: Advice on mailing list software -- special requirements rhkramer@gmail.com - 2018-10-24 12:50 +0200
          Re: Advice on mailing list software -- special requirements Miles Fidelman <mfidelman@meetinghouse.net> - 2018-10-24 18:50 +0200
            Re: Advice on mailing list software -- special requirements mick crane <mick.crane@gmail.com> - 2018-10-24 19:00 +0200
              Re: Advice on mailing list software -- special requirements Miles Fidelman <mfidelman@meetinghouse.net> - 2018-10-24 19:10 +0200
              Re: Advice on mailing list software -- special requirements Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2018-10-24 20:10 +0200
                Re: Advice on mailing list software -- special requirements Cindy-Sue Causey <butterflybytes@gmail.com> - 2018-10-25 02:40 +0200
            Re: Advice on mailing list software -- special requirements rhkramer@gmail.com - 2018-10-24 19:50 +0200
              Re: Advice on mailing list software -- special requirements Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2018-10-24 20:10 +0200
                Re: Advice on mailing list software -- special requirements rhkramer@gmail.com - 2018-10-24 20:40 +0200
                Re: Advice on mailing list software -- special requirements Miles Fidelman <mfidelman@meetinghouse.net> - 2018-10-24 21:10 +0200
            Re: Advice on mailing list software -- special requirements Andrew Wood <andrewjameswood@ymail.com> - 2018-10-24 20:00 +0200
              Re: Advice on mailing list software -- special requirements rhkramer@gmail.com - 2018-10-24 20:30 +0200
                Re: Advice on mailing list software -- special requirements Andrew Wood <andrewjameswood@ymail.com> - 2018-10-25 22:20 +0200
                Re: Advice on mailing list software -- special requirements Andrew Wood <andrewjameswood@ymail.com> - 2018-10-25 22:30 +0200
                Re: Advice on mailing list software -- special requirements Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2018-10-25 22:40 +0200
                Re: Advice on mailing list software -- special requirements Celejar <celejar@gmail.com> - 2018-10-30 18:30 +0100
                Re: Advice on mailing list software -- special requirements Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2018-10-30 18:40 +0100
                Re: Advice on mailing list software -- special requirements Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2018-10-30 20:10 +0100
                Re: Advice on mailing list software -- special requirements Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2018-10-30 20:30 +0100
                Re: Advice on mailing list software -- special requirements mick crane <mick.crane@gmail.com> - 2018-10-30 20:40 +0100
                Re: Advice on mailing list software -- special requirements mick crane <mick.crane@gmail.com> - 2018-10-30 20:30 +0100
                Re: Advice on mailing list software -- special requirements Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2018-10-30 22:00 +0100
                Re: Advice on mailing list software -- special requirements mick crane <mick.crane@gmail.com> - 2018-10-31 00:20 +0100
            Re: Advice on mailing list software -- special requirements Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2018-10-24 20:10 +0200
              Re: Advice on mailing list software -- special requirements Miles Fidelman <mfidelman@meetinghouse.net> - 2018-10-24 21:20 +0200
                Re: Advice on mailing list software -- special requirements Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2018-10-24 23:00 +0200
                Re: Advice on mailing list software -- special requirements Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2018-10-24 23:10 +0200
  Re: Advice on mailing list software -- special requirements Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2018-10-23 18:00 +0200
    Re: Advice on mailing list software -- special requirements rhkramer@gmail.com - 2018-10-24 16:00 +0200

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