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Sun, 9 Feb 1997 12:03:30 -0500
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>
>Majordomo is a cute tinkertoy.  It scales poorly and can choke on a large
>number of lists/subscribers.  It also, as written, can place a tremendous
load
>on system resources, esp. memory.  Also, majordomo is usually run by folks
that
>don't have a system set up just to handle lists.  They respond first by
trying
>to chuck more memory into the machine (and charge extra to pay for the new
>equipment) and eventually switch to a different program.  Get worried if they
>mention procmail...a system I was using switched over to that and I think a
>year later they're still having problems.  I bailed.
>

My ISP uses Majordomo for lists, and charges for running a list. In
addition to the above, what can I tell them to convert to LISTSERV?
Emphasis on things from the sysadmin's point of view.

TIA,
Philo
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