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Re: Advice on mailing list software -- special requirements

From	Andrew Wood <andrewjameswood@ymail.com>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: Advice on mailing list software -- special requirements
Date	2018-10-24 20:00 +0200
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Ok this is not Linux its Haiku based but I wrote an open source mailing 
list system called MailMistress which is on Github for situations where 
you need to run a list on a machine without a public IP or where you 
want to interface the database of subscribers to an existing system. In 
our case we have a MySQL database of society members and MailMistress 
connects to that - you just write a connector script/program.

If its of interest I can provide further details.


On 24/10/2018 17:47, Miles Fidelman wrote:
>
> 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.ï¿½ Dynamic DNS will help, but only to a point.ï¿½ 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.ï¿½ But maybe another, larger, Linux user group might help you
>>
>> > out?ï¿½ I expect there might be somebody on this list who might volunteer
>>
>> > (hint, hint).ï¿½ 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.ï¿½ All the mailing list servers that 
> I've worked with require a rather intimate interconnection with the 
> MTA that processes mail.ï¿½ And that's before you "wire in" anti-spam 
> and anti-virus filters.ï¿½ And, you'll need a webserver for access to 
> various administrative functions, and archive access.ï¿½ Depending on 
> the list server, you might also require a dbms.ï¿½ 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

Thread

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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