[Mailman-Users] Mailman stagger script?

[dan at thefoldmusic.com]

<<That was a little too strong, if the hosting company means 300
> messages, not 300 recipients.  You would need to NOT turn on
> personalization, or VERP, and you would probably need to turn off the
> monthly password reminders. >>

Sorry about that, I should clarify that I definitely meant 300 recipients, 
not messages. I only plan on sending 3-4 messages a month with this list.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John W. Baxter" <jwblist at loricamail.com>
To: "Mailman Users" <mailman-users at python.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2006 10:08 AM
Subject: Re: [Mailman-Users] Mailman stagger script?


> On 1/25/06 7:40 AM, "John W. Baxter" <jwblist at loricamail.com> wrote:
>
>> On 1/25/06 7:21 AM, "dan at thefoldmusic.com" <dan at thefoldmusic.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I was told by my hosting company that I need to pick a mailing list 
>>> manager
>>> for my 14,000+ subscriber e-mail list that would stagger the sending of 
>>> the
>>> email to something like 300 e-mails per hour to lower the impact on the
>>> server. I already have Mailman installed, and the entire list currently 
>>> sits
>>> there. Is there any way to do this with Mailman?
>>
>> If you expect more than four messages per week to be sent to the list, 
>> then
>> you can't do this with any mailing list manager.  (If I can still do
>> arithmetic, it would take about 44 hours to send 14,000 messages at 300 
>> per
>> hour.)
>>
>> I think you need a different hosting company.
>>
>> Aside from that little detail, this general question has come up several
>> times recently, and as far as I know the answer remains "no".
>>
>
> Oops.  That was a little too strong, if the hosting company means 300
> messages, not 300 recipients.  You would need to NOT turn on
> personalization, or VERP, and you would probably need to turn off the
> monthly password reminders.
>
> Given that, you would still run into the answer that no, Mailman doesn't
> throttle.  But some other list management software might work.  Go to the
> Mailman FAQ (link in the footer to this message) and search for
>   throttle
> for more information.
>
> Rather than a whole new hosting company, you may want to look for a 
> separate
> host for your list, one that specializes in lists.  You would then need 
> list
> mailing addresses like list.example.com rather than example.com, so the
> world can direct the mail properly, and the same for the web interface.
> Such a hosting company might prefer software other than Mailman, or might
> prefer Mailman.
>
>  --John
>
>
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