Many subscribers to emc-pstc have expressed that this
listserver provides valuable information and answers
to questions.
While the IEEE provides the computer, the
administrative work of running this listserver is
provided by volunteers.
We currently have three administrative volunteers:
Jim Bacher
Michael Garretson
Richard Nute
Jim has been doing the admin work for several years,
and now wants to "retire." So, I'm asking for help
from our subscribers -- for one of our subscribers
to volunteer to do the admin job for about 2 years.
There are two main job functions:
1. Maintain an accurate list of e-mail addresses
for our subscribers.
This requires:
Processing subscribe and unsubscribe
requests, including verifying subscriber
addresses.
Correcting or unsubscribing addresses of
undelivered mail. (Majordomo returns
undelivered mail to our admins for action.)
Some undelivered mail is due to servers
being down; the admin must learn by
experience how to detect when a server is
down versus when an address is no longer
valid.
2. Dealing with non-subscriber posting attempts.
There are two kinds of non-subscriber posting
attempts:
The first is where the subscriber address
has changed, but his old address has become
an alias. This means the admin must contact
the subscriber and suggest a change of
address to the new address.
The second is a true non-subscriber attempt
to post. Some such attempts are spam, and
some are from folks who would like to
subscribe. Spammers sometimes will make
several attempts, and sometimes will attempt
to subscribe solely for the purpose of
spamming our subscribers. Our admins have
been very good at detecting such folks and
have successfully prevented spam.
After learning to recognize the various messages sent
by Majordomo, the admin job is about 20 minutes per
day. (The learning period may take as much as an
hour per day for a few weeks, and can be a bit over-
whelming.) The admin job is split between two people.
This split also means that job travel and vacations
can be covered by the other admin. And, the second
admin can provide help in deciphering various problems
that come up.
If you find this listserver to be of value to you, and
you can spare some time each day to help, and you have
a high-speed connection to the internet, please
consider volunteering for 2 years to help keep this
service running.
Please contact me or Jim Bacher.
Best regards,
Rich Nute
[email protected]
Jim Bacher
[email protected]
ps: The last time I asked for help, I had 2 responses,
both of which fizzled. Considering that there are
over 800 subscribers almost all of whom feel this
is a valuable resource, that was a poor response.
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