It is possible that Bluehost is limiting the amount of messages that are sent out from your account per hour. This is called smtp throttling and it is a common practice amount hosting companies. Another issue is that your mailing lists could simply be on a very busy server that is not able to keep up with mail delivery. What is troubling is the answer you received from Bluehost which reveals their ignorance about mailman.
" Then they suggested I find a special email list provider. Is there such a thing?" Yes there is. We offer a special service for those who run mailman mailing lists. You can read more about our service at http://www.emwd.com/mailman.html. Kind regards, Brian Carpenter -------------------------------------- EMWD - Executive Officer -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of wittygal Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2007 12:24 PM To: 'Mark Sapiro' Cc: mailman-users@python.org Subject: Re: [Mailman-Users] Limit to the Number of Subscribers for eachlist? Well, it seemed like a load of bull. Then they suggested I find a special email list provider. Is there such a thing? And how would I find it. You see I am doing this as a charity thing for about 5 online email groups for debtorsanonymous.org I thought this should be a no sweat thing since I supposedly can have unlimited email lists under my premium subscription. Thanks for the info. I am going to try to get back with them with regard to this and point them to the url in question for the faqs. Does anyone have a problem with me copying select portions of your emails on this subject? -----Original Message----- From: Mark Sapiro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2007 8:29 AM To: Brad Knowles; wittygal; mailman-users@python.org Subject: Re: [Mailman-Users] Limit to the Number of Subscribers for eachlist? Brad Knowles wrote: >On 8/29/07, wittygal wrote: > >> They tell me that >> phplist doesn't have the problems mailman does. > >That's a total load of bull. Agreed. First, phplist only does one-way (announcement) lists so if you want a discussion list, phplist is not an option. Second, if phplist on bluehost is able to deliver mail to many recipients faster than Mailman on bluehost, this is a result of conscious or unconscious configuration decisions made by bluehost in the installation of Mailman, phplist and their MTAs. It is not because of any inherent superiority of phplist. -- Mark Sapiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The highway is for gamblers, San Francisco Bay Area, California better use your sense - B. Dylan ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/brian%40emwd.com Security Policy: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq01.027.htp ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org Security Policy: http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/faqw-mm.py?req=show&file=faq01.027.htp
