Re: [B.A.T.M.A.N.] mailing list migration (was: development flow)

Jacob Marble
2009-09-28T06:12:55Z

On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 11:03 PM, Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch> wrote:
>> a) has experience hosting, and so can filter spam without hassle
>> b) lets us use open-mesh.net instead of super-duper-mailing-host.com
>> c) hosts open source gratis
>
> a and b are must have, c would be nice.

I started going down the list at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_open_source_software_hosting_facilities#Features

Codendi looks like a very "comprehensive" solution, probably excessive.

The following require that every list subscriber have "yet another
username/password" and they all host mailing lists at mail-host.com:

sourceforge.net
tigris.org
launchpad.net

Another alternative is freelists.org, which only hosts @freelists.org,
but does not require subscribers to log in to their site, ever. I
found them because the Haiku OS project uses them.

There are others listed, but I feel like this is a wrong path. Now
I'm looking at services listed at the Mailman wiki:
http://wiki.list.org/display/COM/Mailman+hosting+services

A lot of these services are VPS, which tells me that they let the
customer handle details like spam.

JPBerlin (http://www.jpberlin.de/) looks good, but I don't know any
German. The Mailman like says "CEO Peer Heinlein is the maintainer of
the german Mailman-translation and author of a book about secure
mail-server administration."

Thielpark Systeme GmbH (http://www.thielpark.de/) I will contact this
one. "Reliable Mailman hosting on Linux with per list
templates/language files, MHonArc integration for archiving and
searching, customization of templates to match look of your website.
Address import from various data sources."

EMWD (http://www.emwd.com/mailman.html) looks like a regular webhost
with better-than-average mailing list support. They claim to have
spam filters in place, and they charge US$4/month. I emailed them
regarding hosting with open-mesh.net

More later.

Jake