Re: best mailing list software

[Allen Bolderoff <allen gist net au>]

em226899 ohiou edu said:
> What is the best and easiest mailing list oftware to use and setup? 

Best is subjective...

Lets look at what is available, (that I have used)

Smartlist would have to be one of the most powerful, and reliable List servers 
I have used, - it has a slightly steeper learning curve, but very powerfull, 
and extendable.


Mailman is one of the easiest I have used, and works OK. not as easy to extend 
if needed, however it does have a wider feature set than most, out of the box. 
It can be a touch unreliable, and does have it's problems with larger lists 
(to be fair, version 2.0 (currently in beta) is addressing this issue.

Sympa - I have not used - no comment

MajorDomo - pain in the backside to learn - very reliable.

IMHO you would best be served by Mailman 2.0 beta3 (http://www.list.org)

it would be easiest to use.


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