mailman removal ? / was: Re: [cab-discuss] test questions to test OGB election process(presented as a poll)

[Eric Boutilier]

On Thu, 22 Feb 2007, Roland Mainz wrote:
> Al Hopper wrote:
> [snip]
>> - evaluate if mailman/jive should be upgraded or replaced
>
> Please remove "mailman" from that list. It's one of the pieces which
> currently works more or less flawlessly.

+1. Further to that point: An upgrade of Mailman is in the works, so it'll
get better; we're in good company since so many other opensource projects
use Mailman; and it's written in a very popular, powerful, accessible
language (Python).

Eric

>
> Most of the problems we have with email, postings and SPAM are coming
> from the "Jive"-addon (I wish that thing would be boiled in acid or
> worse).
>
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> Roland
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