[foxboro] [ADMIN] List Server Change

From: duc.do@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
To: foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2001 16:16:05 -0400
Hi everybody,

This mailing list, <foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, is slated to 
be changed to <foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> effective Monday, October 1, 2001.

[All time referenced is US Eastern time. I apologize if you're on the 
other side of the world, please allow for the discrepancy accordingly.]

Late Sunday night, Sept. 30, I'll switch the list server from the 
current one run by Warren Michelsen to a new server. All subscribers to 
the current foxboro list as of Sept. 30 will be migrated to the new list 
automatically. In other words, if you're a current subscriber, you will 
be moved to the new list without having to do anything. Since there's 
enough of a change in the way the new list is run as well as a new set 
of list administrivia commands, each subscriber will receive a new
welcome message.

The new mailing list is hosted at FreeLists (www.freelists.org), a 
technology-related free mailing list hosting site. The list software 
is the open-source Listar mailing list software (www.listar.org) with 
impressive flexibility. For example:

  * instead of reacting to the return-receipt mail problems, 
    we'll be able to filter and bounce messages that request 
    delivery and read notifications
  * digest capability: user-selectable digest mode or regular 
    mode; Listar even supports an enhanced digest mode where 
    one can receive both individual messages _and_ the digest 
    mailings.
  * vacation mode: user-settable flag to halt delivery of 
    messages while on vacation without having to unsubscribe. 
    Upon returning, you 'unset' the vacation flag to resume.
  * web interface for subscribers to manage their subscription
  * capable of stripping HTML and attachments (MIME or 
    malicious or otherwise) from messages
  * on-line archive of list messages
  * searchable archive
  * multiple list admins, if necessary

Listar will give us all the options to configure the list to our needs. 
In fact it has many more options than I can figure out at this time.

Starting on Monday, Oct. 1, to post a message to the new list, send 
mail to:

    <foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

And for all admin requests, send an e-mail to:

    <foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

and include the appropriate command(s). The most commonly-used ones are:

    subscribe       to subscribe
    unsubscribe     to unsubscribe
    set digest      to switch to digest mode
    unset digest    to switch the digest mode off
    set vacation    to temporarily stop receiving messages
    unset vacation  to resume receiving messages
    commands        to receive a "cheat sheet" of commands
    faq             for a list of frequently-used commands
    end             to stop command processing

Single command can be put in the Subject: line, in which case any 
commands included in the body will NOT be processed. Multiple commands 
go in the body, with an 'end' command to stop processing.

Currently the list at freelists.org is closed -- nobody can subscribe 
to it yet. I want to have an orderly transfer on Sunday night. Feel free 
to visit the freelists.org web site, but you won't be able to sub/unsub 
or change your settings until Monday. I appreciate your patience.

Many thanks to Warren for hosting the foxboro list since its inception. 
We appreciate your continued support, Warren.

Let me know of any question or concern you have.

Duc M. Do
the mailing list guy

-- 
The Cassandra Project
http://www.thecassandraproject.org/

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