Hello,
 
I have been asked to make a comparision between Revised Listserv and
the Unix mailing list managers.  Because there are too much of the latest,
I will start only with Majordomo.
 
The comparision is only in terms of functionality, and of course we do
not want to go too much into detail.
 
I have made a comparision starting from my own viewpoint (I guess I am
not really neutral because I maintain a backbone listserv, am a list-owner
and end user of several listserv mailing lists, and I have only one
subscription on a Majordomo mailing list).
 
Please mail me if you think I forgot something important, or if I missed
something.
 
Thanks in advance,
-Herman-
 
                               Listserv    |    Majordomo
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subscribe by user                  y       |     y
unsubscribe by user                y       |     y
review of a list                   y       |     y
on which lists am I subscribed ?   n       |     y (on the same site)
logs of list                       y       |     y
search these logs                  y       |     n
file server functions (get a file) y       |     y   (only logs ?)
Automatic File Distribution        y       |     n
Overview of all lists (worldwide)  y       |     n
distribute function (to reduce load) y     |     n
remote management by list-owners   y       |     n
worldwide unsubscribe              y       |     n
digest format                      y       |     n
security/privacy considerations    y       |     n
automatic removal of non-existing  y (some)|     n
users                                      |
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