Re: [cobalt-users] The List Lives!

[Jeff Lasman <jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"Clark E. Morgan" wrote:

> I'm not sure that's fair. Handling a low to moderately trafficked
> mailing list (I would hardly call this a high traffic mailing list)

Do you know how many members this list hosts?  How many postings a day
do you consider necessary before you call it a high-traffic list?  Do
you know something we don't know?

Early Qubes and RaQs were NOT designed for large domains or for
processor-intensive tasks.

> is a reasonable expectation of these machines, especially given that
> they ship with majordomo installed. I've run much bigger lists on
> much less. For that matter, I'm running several mailman mailing
> lists on a Raq3i right now, with combined traffic easily much greater
> than what is on this list without incident.

Evidently you know how much traffic this list handles.  Just how much is
that, Clark?

I host a few lists myself; I own the "email-lists.com" domain.  In fact
I host The Unofficial Official Cobalt Qube Mailing List on a Cobalt
RaQ3i.  The fact remains that if I were hosting the Cobalt lists, I
WOULD host them on their own system.

> I have a lot fewer complaints about my Raq than most folks seem to
> have about theirs; but I DO think it's odd that they don't use one of
> their own products for the purpose.

The Qube's are designed as gateway systems for small business, and to
run small-to-medium volume intranets and internet presences (with the
right kind of connectivity); the RaQs are designed to handle a few
hundred low-traffic domains.  Just where do you see that the RaQ was
designed for email-list hosting?

I get calls and emails often, from prospects asking if my Mailtraq
software (www.mailtraqna.com) will work on large lists.  Sure it will, I
tell people, if you give it enough hardware.

> Of course I saw where Linux Journal was recently taken to task for
> some of their servers running NT. I guess proselytism is a farther
> throw from commitment than I thought. I also remember saying once
> I would never use RedHat.

Sorry, but as I see it the right tool for the job is still the right
tool for the job, even if I don't make it, don't sell it, and don't have
it.

Jeff
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