Re[2]: [vps-mail] Majordomo Install Problems on VPS2

[Abigail Marshall <abigail@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

JS>  Do
JS> you know if there are any issues running it at the same time with Majordomo
JS> on the same server?

I don't see why there would be.  Unless by "same time" you
mean that you would be using both simultanously to mail out
really large bulk lists, then I suppose they would compete
for server resources.

Because Dada mail does its own mail handling, you don't have
to set up a bunch of different aliases for each list. I'm
using it only for broadcast-only lists (I use Mailman for
discussion lists) - so there is no need for the list to
receive email except for bounce handling.

You will want to install the bounce handler - it is an
add-on, very easy to install - but it is basically what sold
me on Dada mail over majordomo.


JS> Any installation suggestions?

Hmm, there apparently is a new version, release 5/13/04 - so
maybe it could be different  - though I think I'm just
running the beta of the same version.

I don't remember any big problems with installation.

I've got permissions for the program set as root:webadmin
The permissions for the data directory are www:[username]

You put the program into a subdirectory of your cgi-bin, and
the data directory somewhere else where it's safe, since
that's where all the email addresses are stored.

-Abigail



JS> Thanks,

JS> Jim Smith

>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: owner-vps-mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx 
>> [mailto:owner-vps-mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Abigail Marshall
>> Sent: Friday, May 21, 2004 8:33 PM
>> To: Matt Cohen
>> Subject: Re: [vps-mail] Majordomo Install Problems on VPS2
>> 
>> MC> I didn't see anything on the list archives on this, but are there 
>> MC> any 'gotchas' for installing majordomo on a VPS2?
>> 
>> Matt, before you install majordomo, have you considered Dada Mail?
>> 
>> I ask because I found the Dada installation very easy on a 
>> VPS2, and I am much happier with it than majordomo. I can't 
>> think of anything that majordomo does that Dada can't do 
>> better, unless you really are in love with the ability to 
>> manage the list via obscure email commands.
>> 
>> I just would be very reluctant to use majordomo for anything 
>> these days, not because it might be hard to install on a 
>> VPS2, but because I view it as an obsolete program with a 
>> myriad of potential security holes.
>> 
>> -Abigail
>> 
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