[consulting] the Ultimate forum based Malinglist Manager

[Dan Robinson]

I must say that I agree with Bèr's approach and perspective - now the
next step is coming up with a specific plan and seeing how it will
implemented.  Before that even it would be a wise idea to identify the
target *customer* for this exercise.

Bèr are you going to set up a chat?

>Op vrijdag 30 december 2005 06:43, schreef Jason Flatt:
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>>You're asking us to sign up to using a specific set of softwares just to
>>get the ease of a script or module to do the setup for us?  Personally, I
>>would rather invest time into learning how to do it with the software I
>>want to use and am familiar with, than to have to install and learn some
>>other software, especially with something like an MTA or MLM
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>I love Debian. becaus it puts stuff in default locations, because I know where 
>to find stuff, because it has certain defaults. 
>Yet Debian is often quoted as being one of the best to adapt to your needs.
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>Having a single, working solution, a combination of an MTA, a default 
>mailsetting (ie where will the listhandler at myserver.com deliver its mail, 
>hows that spamchecked, how is that ported to the MLH etcetc) a few modules 
>and some nice docs.
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>That should, IMO be a working solution. 
>Yet, obviously nothing holds you from opening up the code and hack it to your 
>needs. Especially because you knos the defaults work, and how they work 
>(docs) its a much easier job then writing Yet Another ML2forum script plus 
>some exotic listhandler settings. 
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>At this moment we have all the freedom, yet nothing that just works. We have 
>nothing that can be deployed without serious hacking. We have nothing that 
>Joe Schmoe can send to his provider asking "could you please configure 
>mailman this and that way and add this and that mailbox there and there, 
>please" 
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>That is my plan. The plan is not to stop you from rolling out your own 
>solutions, but to lay a good foundation for one of the most FAedQs.
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>Ber
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