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[Jonathan Aquilina <address@concealed>]

Hey Phil,

Let me then ask a different question. Can Sympa do what Mailchimp does and 
send out lets say news letters etc? Does it have a GUI to where one can 
create mailshots or newsletters with ease?

Regards,
Jonathan Aquilina


-----Original Message-----
From: address@concealed <address@concealed> On Behalf Of 
Phil Stracchino
Sent: 05 October 2022 17:08
To: address@concealed
Subject: Re: [en@sympa] How secure is sympa vs mailman

On 10/5/22 01:44, Jonathan Aquilina (via en Mailing List) wrote:
> Hi Guys,
> 
> I am thinking of potentially setting up sympa to manage my mailing 
> lists for mailshots etc. I have one question how secure is sympa vs 
> mailmain as a mailing list host?

Honestly ...  that's the wrong question.  The relative security of the list 
management software in use is probably secondary in either case to the 
security of the host.  It is far more likely that either list service will be 
compromised via some attack against the host than by an attack against the 
service itself.  Neither Sympa nor Mailman has currently known 
vulnerabilities as long as they are running on a properly secured host system.

If you're making a decision between Sympa and Mailman based on security, 
you're probably making your decision for the wrong reasons.  Look at which 
fits better into your environment and which is the easier for you to install, 
configure, and maintain.

Personally I ran Mailman 2 for a long time, but abandoned it for Sympa during 
the long, long period during which Mailman 2 was no longer being actively 
maintained, but Mailman 3 wasn't ready for release yet and migration 
documentation was unclear.


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