At 15:43 6/15/98 -0600, Ben Parker said:
|On Mon, 15 Jun 1998 20:30:05 +0100, Paul Maddox <[log in to unmask]>
|wrote:
|
|>Oh, sorry. My server is running on a dial-up connection.
|>
|>Would you say this is a big disadvantage for a mailing list server?
|
|No, not unless you want people to be able to join your list(s)...

Running a list or any mail server on a dialup needs to be carefully
thought-out.  Some mail transfer agent clients aren't good at dealing
with queued email to a host that changes IP addresses frequently e.g.,
VM/CMS.  That's assuming that your IP address does change.