hi ya johann...
20,000 users is ahuge list.. :-)
you'd have mail delivery issues tooo .. bulk mailers
security on a campus network is always fun...
lots of free time from people that want to "audit your network"
other majordomo front ends
http://www.Linux-Consulting.com/Majordomo/Majordomo.Utilities.txt
- i'd use a searchable archive mechanism
have fun
alvin
On Mon, 25 Feb 2002, Johann Spies wrote:
> We are considering using majorcool as a web front-end for majordomo to
> allow about 20000 users to use it to subscribe/unsubscribe etc. to
> various mailing list on the campus.
>
> It is my task to investigate the options and to find out what are the
> security risks involving this. I would like to hear about the more
> experienced users about this:
>
> 1. Are majordomo and majorcool the best tools for this?
>
> 2. What will the implications be for the server on which they run as
> far as load is concerned? The server is also one of the two
> mailservers on the campus and has handled about 140Mb emails during
> the last 35 minutes.
>
> 3. What are there spesific security risks involved in this that we
> should take note of.
>
