[BlueOnyx:06842] Re: better majordomo GUI?

[Doug Harvey]

If this is an in-house box, take a look at webmin. I don't know if it will
do everything that you want, but it is a good tool to have.

Doug



On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 10:01 PM, webmaster <webmaster at oldcabin.net> wrote:

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> >Anyone know of a GUI solution for Majordomo that doesn't suck as bad
> >as the Raq550 and later implementation?
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> >We actively use Majordomo in-house for distribution lists, and it
> >works well for us. Too bad the changes Sun made to the 550 made it
> >totally unusable for large numbers of lists. Anyone who has tried to
> >use a 550 with a large number of lists probably knows what I mean.
> >When we migrated from our Raq4 to a new 550, we reverted back to the
> >Raq4 for the lists within 48 hours it was so bad and unusable.
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> >Ideally an interface like the Raq4 would be perfect (specifically
> >the ability to list all lists on a single page(or at least a page
> >selection by letter), and display the members of each list on that
> >page for easy reference). My manager who runs the lists loves that
> >layout to death, and is perfect for her. Too bad it presently means
> >we actually run a Raq4 in production years later. It all works great
> >until somebody decides to send a 2mb attachment to the entire group
> >of 800 users, which literally slows the system down to the point it
> >takes half a day to burn through the entire list of messages.  I'm
> >just waiting for that box to fall over dead, as its well beyond its
> >usable life.
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> >Anyone have any ideas for existing solutions? I REALLY don't like
> >the idea of continuing to run this old Raq4, and also don't like the
> >price tag quoted by a developer to recreate it for us on our BO
> >platform.  Reinventing the wheel just isn't my idea of a good time.
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> >Thank you,
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> >Roy Urick
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