Wietse Venema wrote:
Stan Hoeppner:
On 6/4/2011 6:25 AM, /dev/rob0 wrote:
My recommendation to the OP is to consider outsourcing this. It will
not cost that much, and a reputable email service provider can be
well worth what they charge.
Conversely to do it inhouse I would recommend tearing it all down and
starting over with a recent and well-supported OS. It might look
cheaper on the short-term bottom line to beg on the Internet for help
in keeping the old install running, but when things go wrong, as they
surely will, the costs will skyrocket in ways not yet imagined.
+1
Outsource the sending of these shareholder notifications to a reputable
bulk mailer. Stating you are running an EOL OS and EOL Postfix tells us
you are not up to the task of successfully pulling this operation off.
Sorry, you can tell people they run old code, but there is no need
to say they are an idiot. The platform may lack some features, but
it is technically good for a 15k mail sending operation. The
recommendation to outsource has nothing to do with the software.
Wietse
hah go to the postfix IRC and they most certainly are more rude than
this. It is nothing for them to tell you you are lazy and don't know
what your talking about. if fact, calling people an idiot may be the
norm there. I never go there anymore, but it is good that the mailing
list, at least, has people trying to be more polite.
