Re: Mailing list changes

Noted thank you. Hopefully this mail works, so it's a bit of a test as well.



On 13/03/2018 2:29 AM, Ullrich von Bassewitz wrote:
> Hello,
>
> as some of you might know, the mailing list has been using the majordomo
> mailing list manager for ages. Yes majordomo is old, but so are the computers
> we're talking about on the list.
>
> When moving the mail server to new hardware and a newer centos version today,
> I wasn't able to get majordomo running. This came a bit unexpected. It seems
> that the new perl version that comes with centos 7 broke parts of majordomo,
> and I wasn't able to fix that within a hour or two, so I decided to move to a
> new mailing list manager. I'm using mlmmj now, which involves a few changes as
> listed below.
>
> For one, mlmmj is new to me, so there might be configuration problems. If you
> think something doesn't work as expected, please send me a private mail (off
> list) so I can have a look at it. I will tweak the configuration over the next
> few days/weeks.
>
> Next, I had a special majordomo setup that allowed several users to post from
> mail addresses not subscribed to the list. This is gone. If you post to the
> list from an address not subscribed to the list, the mail is not accepted
> (sent to the list).
>
> Finally, the commands to subscribe/unsubscribe have changed:
>
> To subscribe, send an email to cbm-hackers+subscribe@musoftware.de. It can
> have any subject and/or content. Reply to the confirmation request and you're
> on the list.
>
> To unsubscribe, send an email to cbm-hackers+unsubscribe@musoftware.de. You
> will need to confirm this one, too.
>
> There's also a help function that lists several other features not available
> with majordomo, like subscribing to a list digest. Send email to
> cbm-hackers+help@musoftware.de to receive the help text.
>
> I've manually moved all subscribers from majordomo to mlmmj, so there's no
> need for immediate action for anybody on the list.
>
> If you have questions or suggestions, please let me know.
>
> Regards
>
>
>          Uz
>
>