Re: re [LI] www.egroups.com suggestion for listmaster

["Suresh Ramasubramanian" <Suresh@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Re eGroups -

> Can you expand on the hassles on using the web interface ??
> ( As a matter of fact even ILUG-Bangalore is on egroups )

When you run a list of over 500 people - the user list interface takes 
forever to load, thanks to lots of banners, tables etc etc.  And forget 
using Lynx :-(  Too many cookies.

Another hassle - egroups headers seem to wake a demon in web 
based mail providers like hotmail.  Posts on egroups.com lists often 
hit anti spam filters within hotmail and bounce.  This is in addition to 
the usual cause of hotmail bounces - a full mailbox.

Bounce handling is much better than majordomo afaict - there's a 
separate page, in which you have the facility to reset individual 
bouncing addresses / reset all addresses.

The hassle is when you are running high volume lists, a text based 
command set like majordomo is always better than a web based 
interface like egroups.  

The local ILUGs are ~not~ high volume or high membership.  If 
OTOH Thaths moved LI to eGroups, we'd all go ape ASAP.

> Yeah suresh, the ads can be removed if you pay 4$ !!
> What say ??   But, the fact again people want free things without

TANSTAAFL - There Aint No Such Thing As A Free Lunch (well, 
except GNU/Linux <g>)

s

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