[consulting] the Ultimate forum based Malinglist Manager

[Jason Flatt]

On Friday 30 December 2005 05:30, Bèr Kessels wrote:
> Op vrijdag 30 december 2005 06:43, schreef Jason Flatt:
> > 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
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> 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"
>
> 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.
>
> Ber

Okay, this makes it clearer to me, and it sounds much better than I had 
previously envisioned.

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Jason Flatt
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