I say Booya!
bp
On 9/29/2014 6:35 PM, Paul McCall via Af wrote:
Just reply to the authentication request... that's all
*From:*Af [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Bill Prince via Af
*Sent:* Monday, September 29, 2014 9:34 PM
*To:* [email protected]
*Subject:* Re: [AFMUG] AFMUG list option being considered
What will we need to do? Unsubscribe/resubscribe or just reply to the
authentication(s)?
bp
On 9/29/2014 6:20 PM, Paul McCall via Af wrote:
Guys,
As some of you are aware, PDMNet's behind the scenes management of
the AFMUG list as a service to Chuck McCown and his companies,
involves hosting on an Amazon server. Some very good things have
come from that decision so far... no mail delivery issues (no
server issues, no blacklisting or greylisting issues etc. to our
knowledge). The EC2 / SES platform is very robust, though overly
complex at first blush. A lot more time went to getting this
setup that we anticipated, but that's life. It costs a little
more to use this platform, (I know.. I know) but long term, I
think we will be happy with it.
One of the differences is the way the headers are handled. Out of
the box, Amazon required us to "munge" the headers in such a way
that we could customize them to meet Amazon's strict mass-emailing
rules. This causes some differences in the way the mail is
delivered, causing a few of you who use a different type of
threading than most of us, some grief. We are way PAST the
discussion about what is "right" etc. Respectfully, lets move on
from that "debate".
The only way that Amazon provides to do things in a more
conventional email header fashion is to use their API. We knew
this was an option when we brought the list live, but also
anticipated a bit of a learning curve. And, indeed it was!
We have gotten comfortable with the API and have been running it
on our test Mailman list internally. Basically the API allows us
/ requires us to process each AFMUG subscriber as an authenticated
/ confirmed email address. Soooo.... In order to use the API, we
need to authenticate all the current users of the list. We can
send a batch through the API to generate the confirmation email to
everyone, but before I did it, I wanted to give you a heads up.
NEW subscribers will first join the mailman AFMUG group and once
confirmed, will then get an Amazon confirmation immediately
thereafter. Unsubscribing will also remove you from an
authenticated user for the list.
Assuming that we haven't overlooked something (and, I am sure you
guys will let me know that, LOL ) I would like to give a 48 hour
notice that we will make the change, and you will get the Amazon
email after that window.
All in favor ? All opposed?
Paul McCall, Pres.
PDMNet / Florida Broadband
658 Old Dixie Highway
Vero Beach, FL 32962
772-564-6800 office
772-473-0352 cell
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