Re: [Nolug] Re: Looking to setup a Listserv

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Mailing list application Majordomo reveals file content

envelope icon A bug in the way path names are evaluated means that it
is possible to view the content of arbitrary files on a Majordomo
mailing list system using the help command.

On Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 2:06 AM, Jimmy Hess <mysidia@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 12:04 AM, brent saner <brent.saner@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Just my $0.02, use majordomo if you want simplicity/elegance, mailman if you
>> want flexibility. I use mailman, personally. (But i also use gentoo on all
>> my personal systems, if that's any clue to you as to what kind of admin i am
>
> I have nostalgic attachments to majordomo, as I used to prefer it back
> when there were (perhaps) 3 choices of software,  but I seriously
> could not sanction anyone using that today...  even though it has not
> changed at all since then (actually, that's the problem... it _hasn't_
> changed at all);  there are so few users.  It's kind of like
> recommending people use Windows '95 today with Internet Explorer 2.x
> as their web browsing OS due to increased stability and less bloat.
>
> There are security issues and bugs with no official patches,  and by
> all appearances majordomo development is dead.   Mailman might have
> more complexity,  but at least it is actively maintained, as far as
> fixes for bugs go. The last release of Majordomo was 1.94.5, which was
> 10 years ago.
>
> I for one would not be comfortable utilizing an MLM that has
> _unofficial_ patches for bugs and security issues,  related to
> confirmation messages and command holes,  patches that were created 5
> years back, when their user community was more active.
>
> Take a look at their users and developers mailing lists.   Activity is
> practically zero.
>
>
> Majordomo is not particularly noted for its simplicity or elegance;
> it is definitely much more complex and bloated than what came before
> it...  simplicity can also be achieved by manually creating entry an
> /etc/aliases file  with list members.
>
>
> Simplicity is also not an advantage if it comes at the expense of
> useful features, needed flexibility, and/or ease of
> install/maintenance.
>
>> ;)
>> sent from my nexus one.
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