[Mailman-Developers] Re: Mailman-Developers External user database

[Kevin McCann]

I think having a choice would be good. Sympa allows the use of a MySQL user 
database. And while I don't want to get into a Sympa vs. Mailman debate I 
have to say that the feature is attractive because it presents 
opportunities for those who want their MLM to be an integrated part of a 
bigger tool. There is a need for collaborative tools that go beyond the 
mailing list but I believe the mailing list is the foundation, the glue. 
And being able to easily integrate a proven MLM such as Mailman into a 
variety of scenarios would be a Good Thing.

Zope / Plone + Mailman

PHP/MySQL tools (eg Postnuke) + Mailman

whatever-your-heart-desires + Mailman


Cheers,
Kevin



At 10:12 PM 01/05/03 +0200, Charlie Clark wrote:

>We are currently using a generic RDBMS adapter which is available
>(commercially) from the developer; I assume there are others out there.
>This is a non-trivial piece of work so I think it may be a while before it
>is part of core mailman. I cannot recommend using MySQL for this because it
>will not enforce data integrity which is one of the key reasons for using
>an RDBMS in my view another being size: our lists are due to get very, very
>big (100.000 + users) I think Mailman's data store gets pretty bloated on
>such lists.
>
>Charlie