Re: [cobalt-users] Updating 10,000 users in MajorDomo?

[Jeff Lasman <jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 12:50 AM 2/23/00 -0700, you wrote:

> We have a list of 10,000 users to input into MajorDomo. Is there an easy
> way (bypassing the cobalt GUI)

A majordomo address list is very simple.  The file name is simply the name 
of the list.

I.e.: if the list is named "foobar" the file is named "foobar".

The format is as follows:

person1@xxxxxxxxxx
person2@xxxxxxxxxx

etc., ad infinitum.

After you've set up the list, just FTP your list (which you've prepared 
yourself), to /usr/local/majordomo/lists/listname and if necessary telnet 
in and adjust ownership and permissions.

That said, Majordomo at its best isn't really made to handle such large 
lists.  It'll be very slow, and very resource intensive while it's 
running.  It can be tweaked, but such is an art rather than a science.

There are other solutions, this list is hosted on one of them.

We're in the list-hosting business; if I were going to host such a large 
list I'd price it between $100 and $500/monthly depending on the volume of 
messages going to the list.  Also depending on volume, I'd probably 
recommend hosting it on it's own machine.  (Not meant to be a solicitation, 
but rather an example of the impact I feel such a list would have on a RaQ2.)

Jeff

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