Yeah, I have to agree with Torrie on this. A forum you have to remember to go to. The mailing list comes right into your inbox. On Aug 11, 2013 10:44 PM, "Torrie Fischer" <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sunday, August 11, 2013 05:18:31 PM a l wrote: > > 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 > > If someone asks to have forums on the website, I'd be happy to help them > set > one up. Personally, I'm a fan of mailing lists instead of forums. They > don't > need a webbrowser to participate, you don't need to signup to send mail to > the > list, and it has its own builtin mechanism for figuring out if anyone > replied > to your post and when anyone posts something new. > > I'd also probably never check them because that would be another > communication > channel I'd have to follow and keep secure. > > > > > 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 > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >
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