On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 2:28 PM, Dan Hawke <dan.ha...@canterbury.ac.nz> wrote: > Good afternoon, > > The University is currently undertaking to remove all existing lists from > our PMDF gateway and either destroy unused lists or migrate active lists to > a more suitable long-term solution. > > For linux-users we've selected Mailman. I intend to move the list early > next week (likely Monday), and the @it.canterbury domain will be replaced > with the @lists.canterbury domain - we'll keep the old email addresses > redirecting for a long while for consistency/ease of use. > > The main visible user change will be the addition of: > [Linux-users] > To the subject line of all emails. > > I will transfer the subscriber list at the time of migration, but should you > wish to subscribe using the Mailman interface prior to the migration, and > set your Mailman options/pick your own password, you can do so here: > http://lists.canterbury.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/linux-users > If you don't before Monday, when you get subscribed a random password will > be allocated and you can retrieve it through the web interface if you ever > wish to use the web options. > > For those of you who are curious, the new server is RHEL 5.4 (soon due for > patching to 5.5) running Mailman 2.1.9 supported by Exim 4.63 as the MTA. > > If you have any questions/concerns about the migration please let me know - > this has already been successfully completed with some of our other > public-facing lists, so there should be no issues/downtime. > > Cheers, > > Dan Hawke > Server and Network Team, Learning Resources > Room 206, Information and Communication Technology Services Building > University of Canterbury
Thanks for the heads up. The community really appreciates the university continuing to run this resource, despite the fact that I suspect most of the subscribers are at best alumni rather than present students or staff.
