On Tue, 29 Mar 1994 11:36:53 +0200 Herman Van Uytven said: >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. > >Please mail me if you think I forgot something important, or if I missed >something. Thanks for starting such a list for discussion. Its a natural part of evaluation and progression. I've added some below for consideration, but without stating which packages satisfy > >Thanks in advance, >-Herman- > > Listserv | Majordomo > | > ========================================================= > | > | > | >subscribe by user y | y >unsubscribe by user y | y Un/Subscribe for a user by an administrator Confirmation(cookie) Auto-expire(renewal) >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 Search multiple logs Search other tables >file server functions (get a file) y | y (only logs ?) Access control of both get and put of files. Packages Ability for authorize user to give file to another. >Automatic File Distribution y | n (Is FUI a separate issue?) Auto-AFD when subscribed >Overview of all lists (worldwide) y | n Automatic forwarding of subscribe/unsub/review/ etc >distribute function (to reduce load) y | n Peer lists >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 | Help Other issues: Hold a list offline serve off users statistics daily threshold Notify owner on sub/unsub (but process) Ability to honor/ignore Reply-to Ability to force Reply-to to another address Service area (limit subscriptions to a given node to institution) Confidential lists Ability to define local on a list basis PW on a server basis, not list Ability to tailor welcome message on a list basis, using info from list options Ability for users to get or not get a copy of their own postings Ability to user to control level of acknowledgement of posting from None to mail level acknowledgement Interactive commands via NJE message Interactive commands via MSP Interactive commands via Telnet to a TCP/IP socket Configure on a list basis default user options of Digest/Mail, Ack, Conceal. Ability to be on list, but not on REVIEW of list. Ability on a list basis control level of REVIEW. (Public, Private, Owner) Ability on a list basis control level of posting Ability on a list basis to allow certain list postings to be delayed to after Primetime(Primetime being define by site) Ability to limit to maximum size of a posting, with owner getting a copy of the posting Ability to gateway to newsgroups(bi-directional) Editor Loop checking Duplicate post checking Ability to treat different FQDN as equivalent names. > | /ahw