On Sep 25, 8:39am, Jafar Shameem wrote:
Subject: setting up mailing list using procmail
hi :
thanks to the replies i got from people on this list, i was able to set up a
small mailing list using procmail. i did the following:
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* ^TO(_dot_)*list(_at_)mydomain(_dot_)org
{
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list
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| (formail -A "Reply-To: list(_at_)mydomain(_dot_)org" \
-A "X-Mailing-List: Mailing List @mydomain.org") \
| $SENDMAIL -oi user1(_at_)somedomain(_dot_)com \
user2(_at_)someotherdomain(_dot_)com \
user3(_at_)yetanotherdomain(_dot_)com
}
the question i have is, is it going to be a big performance problem if i
have like 500 users on this list?
thanks a lot for the help.
Hi,
I am assuming by the menu that is shown there, you have access to the
aliases file. That being the case, for a mailinglist of that size, you might
want to use smartlist.
I just installed smartlist on my system, and have a couple of mailing
lists more or less up (still messing with the archives). I needed write
permission, but I could do the rest with my standard shell permissions.
This also has the following advantages over your setup:
* Making changes to the distribution list are simple.
* If you so desire, people can add or remove themsleves.
* The ability to moderate the list.
* Automated archive maintainance.
I also believe (guys with more unix knowledge than please answer) that
it would have a lower system load. I think that someone is running it on a
386-SX linux box.
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