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[cobalt-users] RaQ4 mailing list - majordomo?



Simple/stupid question:
In a vsite's settings, there's an option for a mailing list.
My question is: is this a "majordomo" mailing list or something different?

The reason I'm asking:
One of my clients has used this 'mailing list' feature to create a list. Now
I'm getting all sorts of bounce messages, subscribe messages, etc. being
sent to a majordomo list at his domain.
He's told me he's either getting messages hours and hours late (he's CCing
them to him home addy for comparison) or not getting them at all.

I have NO experience with majordomo, frankly with all the trouble everyone
has posted to the list I don't WANT any experience with majordomo. I use
different things all together when I want to have a mailing list. (CGI
scripts).

I've come up with over 1,300 archive posts dealing with majordomo and quite
frankly, I'm lost. Most of them deal with editing the  majordomo config
files found in /etc/mail. I'm not going to give this client the root access
to edit this file so he can get his mailing list working. If he can do it
through the GUI or through email commands that's cool - but I don't support
Majordomo, I don't claim to support majordomo, and I'm not going to go
delving into these files everytime someone uses the GUI to set up a list and
consequently it doesn't work as it's supposed to.

Which brings me to another question: if this IS a majordomo list and it
doesn't work as it's supposed to, why is it in the GUI?? Why put something
into the GUI where the server admin has to configure by hand via shell?

I'm prolly off-base with that last question, but I'm just frustrated at this
point.
(And quite frankly, ready to give up on Cobalts. I'm tired of the GUI's
mouth making promises its body can't deliver.)

CarrieB