From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Oct 17 19:10:57 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id TAA17003 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 17 Oct 1996 19:10:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from jmb@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id TAA16993; Thu, 17 Oct 1996 19:10:54 -0700 (PDT) From: "Jonathan M. Bresler" Message-Id: <199610180210.TAA16993@freefall.freebsd.org> Subject: Re: please, oh please, oh please... To: shovey@buffnet.net (Steve) Date: Thu, 17 Oct 1996 19:10:53 -0700 (PDT) Cc: mrcpu@cdsnet.net, cmathis@wsii.com, questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: from "Steve" at Oct 17, 96 06:36:50 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Steve wrote: > > On Wed, 16 Oct 1996, Jaye Mathisen wrote: > > > > > Install majordomo, probably the premier mailing list server on the planet. > > Runs just fine under FreeBSD. > > I run it under linux (my ONLY linux) and not on freebsd because someone > somewhere told me sendmail under BDSI (I know its a different animal) had > a problem with expanding a mailing list (in /etc/aliases) over 1000 > userids in size. > > Does anyone know if freebsd's sendmail has a similar problem? > > i find it hard to believe that this is true. FreeBSD used to expand 1000+ aliases for freebsd-annnounce before we switched to bulk_mailer. dont listen to rumor ;) majordomo and sendmail have handled the freebsd mailinglists since feb 1995. jmb -- Jonathan M. Bresler FreeBSD Postmaster jmb@FreeBSD.ORG FreeBSD--4.4BSD Unix for PC clones, source included. http://www.freebsd.org/ PGP 2.6.2 Fingerprint: 31 57 41 56 06 C1 40 13 C5 1C E3 E5 DC 62 0E FB