big mailing lists / slashdotable hosting

[Paul Lussier]

"Seth Cohn" <sethcohn at gnuhampshire.org> writes:

> Enter PHPList, a one/few to many mailing list. It's not meant for
> discussions, it's meant for promotion/newsletter/communication.  It's
> meant to make html easier (graphics/links), allow tracking, allow
> double opt-in and easy unsubbing, etc.

Ahh, interesting.  Thanks, I don't think I was previously aware such a
beast existed in the FOSS world. (This *is* FOSS, right?)

> Since I'm already in the queue to give a Drupal presentation in just
> under 2 weeks, a full PhpList presentation will have to wait...

I was just kidding :)

>> Can you explain?  Is this different than bandwidth limiting and/or
>> traffic shaping?
>
> Yes, different than both.  Those are lower level limits (ie
> wire-level).  PHPList does mailer-level limiting...  For example, you
> can limit how many emails go out within X amount of time (to avoid
> loading the server down)  Or You can limit how many emails go to any
> domain  at a time, (ie spread out your AOL, gmail, yahoo mail so it
> only sends X at once to them, and doesn't flood them at all once
> (looking more like spam to them, for example)

Ahh, that's what I thought, but wasn't sure.  Thanks for the
(clarific,confirm)ation.

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Paul
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A: Yes.                                                               
> Q: Are you sure?                                                    
>> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.           
>>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email?