Re: comparison of current list managers?

[Daniel Liston <dliston @ sonny . org>]

Thank you for the kind words.  I was kind of bitten by the old idea
behind shareware/freeware.  If you use an application that you do not
pay cash money for, you contribute by coding, documenting, or supporting
that application.  You can't just take without giving.

Back when I first started using majordomo, I could not code, and my
writing skills were not up to public consumption, but I felt I could
help others in this forum where sharing my successes and failures
might be useful to newbies and old-timers alike.

I get a kick out of your HFMIC comment, but I really am not any kind of
a stake holder here.  I have no control over this list, the product, or
any of the other fine users out there.  I am just someone that downloaded
majordomo for free in the early '90s, and stayed with it ever since.  I
can't even remember what version of FreeBSD or linux I had back then.
My contributions should have paid for that copy several times over, but I
do find a level of joy in helping others achieve success.  Your comments
confirm that I must be doing that.

Thanks again,
Dan Liston


webmaster@pczero.net wrote:
>     I despised Mailman and the attitude of the developers.  Their normal 
> response to any suggestion is "if you don't like the way it works either 
> learn to code or use something else".  Then if you ask for help all they 
> ever say is "read the FAQ" no matter what the question is.
>     On the other hand the folks who are the HMFICs around here are very 
> supportive and helpful.  Dan L particularly goes out of his way to help 
> folks with problems and better yet he explains things to them so that 
> they understand what all is going on with the issue.  The Mailman folks 
> could take a lesson or two (or 100) from the majordomo coders.