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Date: Wed, 5 Jun 1996 17:18:45 -0400 (EDT)
From: Erich Schulman (KTN4CA) Team OS/2 <acme_at_use.usit.net>
To: sonic_at_lists.mv.net
Subject: Re: List Server FOUND! (fwd)
On Wed, 5 Jun 1996, Ratman wrote:
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> Date: Wed, 5 Jun 1996 15:15:08 -0200 (GMT)
> From: Ablater of Crypto-Phobia <ablater_at_global.co.za>
> To: sonic_at_bort.mv.net
> Subject: List Server FOUND!
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> With regards to what will be the eventual termination of this list:
> I have spoken to a friend who owns and a Unix server of which he runs one
> of the greatest and most FREE MUCKS (SPR), and <DRUM ROLL> he said he would
> be happy to provide the list for us!
> No, I'm not joking.. he REALLY said that he would be happy to
> provide the list, and asked whether I knew anything about Majordomo. (which
> I don't - So I'll have to either learn fast or find someone who knows how
> already)
I was contemplating writing software to help me run this list off my
Delphi account. I can hardly imagine having run the list like that over
the past few months had Ratman never offered use of his server. But now,
instead, I have 15 months of experience using majordomo; 'nuff said.
> I understand some people want to run the list from their email account.. but
> let me explain something to them quicky:
> 100 users.. X 15 posts a day = 1500 messages a day X3K each = 4.5MB
> (I doubt you'll be able to send all that!)
That equation only holds true if you have 100 subscribers and each posted
15 messages a day. As you said, that's 1500 posts a day. Fortunately,
the Sonic list was never that busy. I don't know of any list that is.
With pine and shell scripts, it would not be too burdensome for me to run
the list off my shell account. And I'm used to expending the daily time
required to do it, and I'm used to handling the daily dose of bounces.
> A list server will of course not have this problem! :)
That's true, though majordomo can become troublesome when you get past
500 or so users on a list. But let's leave that for the majordomo-users
mailing list.
Erich Schulman (KTN4CA) [Team OS/2] A net.freedom-fighter for Mobius!
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