Note that Mj2 is more then just 'well on its way' ... I've been using it
productive for >6 months now and love it ... Jason et al haven't put out
any formal releases only because there is soooooo much they are wanting to
do that they are, I swear, trying to do it all and won't release until
then :)
If you want a copy of Mj2, go to http://www.hub.org/pub/Majordomo2, where
nightly snapshots are being genrated ... the feature set makes Majordomo
v1 look pale in comparison ...
On Thu, 28 Sep 2000, Mills CP wrote:
> Having only just started out trying to use majordomo, I probably don't share
> the same level of loyalty as some users on this list. However, I feel I need
> to question the future of majordomo. I myself have had problems getting
> majordomo to work, whether this was due to a conflict or a bug in either my
> OS or version of perl I do not know, but when mj stripped and processed the
> headers, the entire message was stripped as well meaning that no valid
> commands were found.
>
> I managed to fix this to a fasion by completely rewritting the message
> handling code to use the Mail::Internet modules available for Perl.
>
> I keep reading that version 2 is well on it's way, but refering to a book I
> have that was published I think in '94, it seems that Majordomo v2 was on
> it's way then too.
>
> A colleague told me about an open source program distributed under the GPL
> called mailman which is currently in version 2.0beta6 which offered all the
> functionality or majordomo plus more. I downloaded it with the idea of
> looking at it and installed it. I must say that it is IMHO far superior to
> mj. It includes automatic digesting and archiving and even provides a web
> based interface to the configuration and management functions and the
> archive which can be viewed in a number of different ways. I think I will
> now use mailman as my MLM.
>
> What I am trying to say, is that sure, mj seems like it is a good product,
> and given the wide spread use of it, I have no doubt that it is (when you
> can get it working), but unless it develops somewhat faster than it appears
> to be at the moment, then other products, e.g. mailman are clearly going to
> take the lead.
>
> So come on guys, get on with it. Make majordomo a product I, as a MLM
> manager cannot afford to be without.
>
> P.S. Check out http://www.list.org/ for more information on mailman.
>
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