"David Crossley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Pier Fumagalli wrote:
>> As I've just done it for axis-dev, should we move the cocoon mailing lists
>> from cocoon-(dev|user)@xml.apache.org to (dev|user)@cocoon.apache.org ???
>>
>> It can be done transparently, so, without loosing the archive, the
>> subscribers and stuff, but as we got the top level domain name, I think it
>> might be a good idea to move those to reflect the change...
>
> Er, hang on. What about the consequences?
???
> Every service that is archiving mail, e.g. MARC
> would be broken.
Why?
> How does mail get handled that goes to the old address?
> Does a "forward" remain in-place forever, because many
> people will not change their email client configuration?
Of course... I'd say 1 month grace time of "transparency", one month with an
informative "bounce" saying "the message has been sent to the list but you
should really change your preference", one month with a blocking bounce
saying "This mailing list is now called...." and then the old email addy
gets removed...
Pier
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