I want better email SW. Can Evolution/Majordomo deliver?

Amedee @ Ubuntu amedee-ubuntu at amedee.be
Wed Jul 22 15:34:20 UTC 2009


On Thu, July 16, 2009 19:55, CLIFFORD ILKAY wrote:
> On 16/07/09 01:23 PM, Piper wrote:
> [snip]
>> I could ask Shop B to download Mailman. How time
>> consuming/laborious/expensive is that?
>
> Downloading Mailman isn't a big deal. Configuring it is most likely out
> of the realm of expertise of a typical computer shop, if they're
> anything like the computer shops around here which sell hardware and
> install run-of-the-mill software, like Windows, Norton AV, etc. You're
> looking for love in the wrong places. :)
>
> Any competent web hosting firm, mine for example, could have had this
> running for you in less time than you've spent typing the various
> messages you've sent to this list. You don't need to buy hardware. You
> don't need to take anything to a "computer shop". And you certainly
> don't need to rewrite Evolution to do what you want. If you would like
> to contact me off-list, we can have a list server running quickly on one
> of our servers for you.

For the love of $DEITY, please, this is one of the very few cases that I
applaude the commercial support that someone gives off-list.

I guesstimate that Clifford can even do this for a modest budget in the
order of 10-ish €/month. That's just peanuts, and no worries.





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