[ILUG] list namespace in Mailman 2.1.4

[Rick Moen]

Quoting Paul Reilly (paulr at maths.tcd.ie):

> It appears that even with the new virtual domain support in Mailman 2.1.x
> that you still have a single namespace for lists. Is that correct? 

To be fixed, post-2.1.  Best you can do for now is what virtual domain
support the Site.py module permits.  

> Also is it just me, or is the new layout and features in 2.1.4 bording
> on feature bloat? It's no longer simple for a non-technical person to
> see if the list is closed, open etc.

That's actually never been really obvious just from the list-information
pages -- unless the listadmin edits those pages to supply that
information.

I've just now upgraded my own mailing lists from 2.1.3 to 2.1.4, and the
main difference I see is that the administrative pages' descriptions for
the list settings are a bit more wordy and descriptive.  Seems like a
small but pleasant improvement, to me.

> And the talk of regular expressions is just going to frighten people!
> My users have difficulty just logging in, so composing regular
> expressions is definetly going to throw them ;-)

Huh?  I don't see any regex-filtering options for list-members, only for
list administrators.

> What other GNU competitors are there to Mailman?

By "GNU", do you mean open-source?  Technically, GNU refers only to
GPLed or LGPLed codebases that have been adopted by FSF as part of the
GNU project and over which FSF own copyright completely.  I'll assume
you mean open source, which is a considerably broader (and different)
concept.

Anyhow, here's a list of mailing list managers.  Some are open source,
others proprietary.  Good hunting!

Albatros
Almanac
Arrow
Autoshare
BeroList
Black Marble Wombat
BMW
CaptainDomo
CoolList
DoList Mailing Server
eGroups
E-Lists
EMWAC ILS
ENewsWorks
eSquire
Extropia MLM
ezmlm 
Handy Mail List Server
IDG
IMail
LetterRip
Listar
ListBot
ListCaster
ListGate
ListProcessor
ListProc 
LISTSERV 
Listserver 
ListSTAR
listar 
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Lyris 
Macjordomo
Mailbase
Mailman 
majordomo 
MAISER
MDaemon
MinimaList
Minordomo
MReply 
MX
MXSERV
NTMail
Onelist
PairList
Petidomo
PopList
Post.Office
Qlist
SLMail
SmartList
Smof Listserver
SockMail
Sorengo
SparkLIST
Steward
Sympa
Tmlm
TULP
VOPMail Mailing List Server
VP Mail

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