It seems to me that becoming more specialized in topics might be better suited to a dedicated Syn/hak forum. I realize that this presents a number of issues in terms of server space and anti-spam software but I feel that if we go this wide topic discussion route were out growing the mailing list communication model.
Since my technical know how it's lacking in this area,sys admins feel few to tell me a forum isn't with the time investment. Or perhaps we should do a 6 month list Serv trial to gauge interest On Aug 9, 2013 4:29 PM, "Torrie Fischer" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, friends! > > I'm unsticking the mailman lists because the setup was stupid and broken > and I > think we need more moderators and the possibility to dish out lists to > members > who want to run one. Previously: > > * sysadmin@ was the main sysadmin list for everything, including security > sensitive bits > * sysadmin@ was the owner address for all of the other lists (board, > discuss, > members, etc) > * When spam got caught in a list, a notification went to sysadmin@ > * synhak sysadmins were subscribed and listed as admins for sysadmin@ > * Spam notifications would get moderated at [email protected] for being > too > large or appearing spammy (you don't say!) > * I'd end up getting one mail saying something was caught in the sysadmin > moderation queue, a second one if I approved it saying something was > caught in > the discuss queue, and a third when the rejection from sysadmin@ would > bounce > back to sysadmin-owner. > > Additionally, another issue I thought about from a discussion with Persa a > while ago: > > * If someone else wanted to own a list, we sysadmins would end up getting > all > their moderation spam crap even though we don't moderate the list > > Thats no fun 8( > > So here's what I'm changing: > > * Making [email protected] the list owner for synhak's own lists > (discuss@, > board@, etc) > * If someone wants to create their own list, they are set as the owner. > Only > synhak's lists should be managed by the synhak admins > * If someone else (including a sysadmin) wants to moderate a list, thats > up to > the owner (who has the power to change it) > * Only members can be list owners, but anyone can be a moderator since its > not > synhak, inc's list > * Sysadmins don't have to think about managing other stuff unless it > somehow > impacts our systems > > Heres why this is an Excellent thing: > > * I got really tired of the firehose of emails sysadmin@ turned into which > means someone else in the future would also tune out important sysadmin > mails > that get lost in the noise. > * We need more moderators and it was never really clear that the community > mailing lists were a community-ran resource > * There is no reason why this community discussion platform shouldn't be > allowed to be used by others who want to anchor a community at SYNHAK. > * I think it would be pretty excellent to have a boardgamingnight@, > monthly- > lan@, homebrewing@, mini-maker-faire@ or whatever list > * People outside of membership (i.e. the full SYNHAK community) might only > be > really interested in the machine-shop@ list and not care to hear about > inane > drivel from discuss@ > > Thoughts? Applications to help moderate discuss@ and announce@? Please? 8) > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >
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