From the look of the URL you gave us, it seems that this isn't a real list like most people are thinking... It looks like a daily message from one source sent out to a bunch of people, without any feedback/discussion from the subscribers. If this is true, qmail alone can handle it, using some custom perl and qmail's dot-qmail file format. Using this method, the distribution can easily be split amongst several servers.
If the subscribers do need to have discussions, then I would suggest qmail + ezmlm. If I recall, it too allows lists to be split amongst many locations, albeit with more trouble.
Now, none of these suggestions are going to help if the problem is bandwith, or anything other than server speed/power/etc. What exactly seems to be the bottleneck?
Although I'm certainly no expert, doesn't the GPL gaurantee that a piece of software will keep the license unless the maintaner chooses to change it? So all you would have to do is act as if you're not the maintaner... i.e., tell the company that the software has to stay GPL for legal reasons, because of the nature of the license. Whether or not they'll buy it is a different story:)
IMHO, it's all in the mentality of the person. WinXX is good for someone who wants to use a computer as an appliance, while Linux is great for someone who wants to learn what makes a computer tick, and how to use it effectively. Hell, I learned more about computing in my first 8 months of using Linux than I had in the first 5 years of my computer use. And I'm better for it.
I do it because it's fun, but there's also a 10,000 Euro prize for the winner. Of course, some of this money goes to distributed.net to maintain the network, some to charity, and the remaining to the winner. Still, 2,000 Euros is nothing to scoff at.
I'm a staffer at the ticalc.org project, and we have *nix software available at (get this!) Unix Programs directory. There is linking software there, some that support the TI-Graphlink, others that support various home-made cables.
Don't some US states (Washington comes to mind) have rather strict anti-spam laws? It seems like a good avenue to pursue. As for me, I just filter it all out into a "Possible Spam" folder. I filter for messages that don't specifically name one of my email addresses in the headers, so that most spam, which is bcc'd to people, will be caught.
Have you evered read the tech specs on that empeg car mp3 player? It keeps the disks spun down as much as possible, and has enough ram to slurp most, if not all, of the current mp3 into volatile memory. That's probably the best way to go about doing any non-solidstate type of portable music player.
I can see having 64 processor server machines in the future, but I think they'll be far from common. I think that the current trend towards one high speed processor will continue in desktop machines and low-end server machines into the future, mainly for cost reasons. Even on high-end server boxen, a 64 processor machine would be reaching, or above, the complexity/speed vs. price threshold.
but the other function of domain names is memory. I want to be able to type in slashdot.org, and not have to fight with some poorly designed automated bookmark system
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If the subscribers do need to have discussions, then I would suggest qmail + ezmlm. If I recall, it too allows lists to be split amongst many locations, albeit with more trouble.
Now, none of these suggestions are going to help if the problem is bandwith, or anything other than server speed/power/etc. What exactly seems to be the bottleneck?
Although I'm certainly no expert, doesn't the GPL gaurantee that a piece of software will keep the license unless the maintaner chooses to change it? :)
So all you would have to do is act as if you're not the maintaner... i.e., tell the company that the software has to stay GPL for legal reasons, because of the nature of the license.
Whether or not they'll buy it is a different story
IMHO, it's all in the mentality of the person. WinXX is good for someone who wants to use a computer as an appliance, while Linux is great for someone who wants to learn what makes a computer tick, and how to use it effectively.
Hell, I learned more about computing in my first 8 months of using Linux than I had in the first 5 years of my computer use. And I'm better for it.
I do it because it's fun, but there's also a 10,000 Euro prize for the winner. Of course, some of this money goes to distributed.net to maintain the network, some to charity, and the remaining to the winner. Still, 2,000 Euros is nothing to scoff at.
I'm a staffer at the ticalc.org project, and we have *nix software available at (get this!) Unix Programs directory. There is linking software there, some that support the TI-Graphlink, others that support various home-made cables.
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Don't some US states (Washington comes to mind) have rather strict anti-spam laws? It seems like a good avenue to pursue.
As for me, I just filter it all out into a "Possible Spam" folder. I filter for messages that don't specifically name one of my email addresses in the headers, so that most spam, which is bcc'd to people, will be caught.
Did anyone try that Plankton java app they have? It's quite fun, and pretty.
Have you evered read the tech specs on that empeg car mp3 player? It keeps the disks spun down as much as possible, and has enough ram to slurp most, if not all, of the current mp3 into volatile memory. That's probably the best way to go about doing any non-solidstate type of portable music player.
I can see having 64 processor server machines in the future, but I think they'll be far from common. I think that the current trend towards one high speed processor will continue in desktop machines and low-end server machines into the future, mainly for cost reasons. Even on high-end server boxen, a 64 processor machine would be reaching, or above, the complexity/speed vs. price threshold.
it's nice to see that someone did their homework.
but the other function of domain names is memory.
I want to be able to type in slashdot.org, and not have to fight with some poorly designed automated bookmark system
I wonder what this will mean when the new set of top-level domains come into being.
:)
and it looks like I'm first