The mailing list for listmasters using Sympa

[Stefan Hornburg <address@concealed>]

On Fri, 27 May 2005 10:14:17 +0200
Johann Spies <address@concealed> wrote:

> I replaced majordomo last year with sympa on Debian Woody. I have
> chosen sympa because it uses postgresql as backend and because of
> several reviews I have read on the product.
> 
> The installation was not trivial but I got it working. At first I was
> impressed with the ease of use for the users (subscribers and list
> owners) which made my work easier.
> 
> For most of the lists sympa works without a problem but I was
> embarrassed by two instances where sympa.pl just died when a list
> message was sent out.  In the first instance it was not a very
> important list and the list owner could make other arrangements.
> 
> However for the past two weeks a list containing the official
> newsletter of our university made sympa.pl die and when I restart it,
> it resend the first batch and die again. At first I did not realise
> that with the result that some users have received 50 copies and
> others nothing.  That is just not acceptable.
> 
> I have asked questions on this list in the past concerning this type
> of problem.  I have received suggestions to upgrade the version of
> certain perl modules - which I have done.  That made no difference.
> 
> I admit that the version is an old one: 3.3.3-3woody2.  But to upgrade
> it to a newer version is a major exercise which will force me to stop
> the mailing list service for some time. 

Next week I intend to start packaging Sympa 5.0 for Debian.
Maybe we can work together on a sane upgrade path for older
versions.

bye
        Racke

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