--On June 3, 2005 2:11:57 PM -0600 Ben Parker <[log in to unmask]> 
wrote:

> The hardest part probably will be getting LISTSERV installed correctly on
> Solaris, if you have nobody who knows anything about LISTSERV.  The other
> thing that is harder (unix vs. Windows) is creating new lists since
> creating the necessary email aliases generally requires 'root' privs on
> unix, wheras on Windows it is automatic.

It only requires root by default.  Permissions can be set to allow the 
Listserv user to modify aliases and rebuild.  Also sendmail, postfix, etc, 
all allow multiple alias files (read appropriate documentation) so you can 
setup a secondary aliases file with appropriate permissions.  You can also 
automate checking for updates and rebuilding the aliases database via GNU 
make and cron.  You could also automate teh whole thing with GNU make and 
cron with a properly written Makefile that checked the Listserv homedir for 
.list files and rebuilt as necessary.

Yes, it is a minor annoyance, but it can be gotten around.

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