On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 2:54 PM, Jim Cheetham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 2:09 PM, Christopher Sawtell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>> If the address changes from clug.{net,org}.nz please could you let me
>
> No, there would be no intention to change the domain names used, just
> the server that they point to.
>
>> btw, It would be rather nice if members of the CLUG central cabal
>> could have mail forwarding from [EMAIL PROTECTED] organised.
>> Is that possible without too much trouble?
>
> Well, someone would have to provide a mail server facility (I have
> that available), but more importantly someone would have to detail
> "cabal membership", which is probably not a good idea. If There Is No
> CLUG, There Can't Be A Cabal Either (ITINCTCBACE).
>
> If you have open membership from everyone, you eventually get misuse.
> I don't want to have to tidy up from that! Plus you have to automate
> it or else it's a chore for the administrator. If you have closed
> membership, who decides who gets left out in the cold?
>
> *If* there were a more concrete definition of "CLUG membership" it
> would be easy ... but that's dangerously close to "incorporation",
> which is not going to be successful in a "somewhat political
> ginger-group cum social club for techo-geek nerds" :-)
>
> So, technically it's easy to set up. In practice it could be a pain to
> administer, and politically I expect wouldn't be that much fun either.
> That's my opinion, so I don't think I'll offer my services there, but
> someone else may not feel as negative ... :-) All you have to do is
> convince Cabal Member Rout to put an MX record into the domains ...
>
> -jim
>
I for one have enough email addresses to consider. If someone wants to
set up a secure and spam free mail server for clug.org.nz, can assure
me that they will maintain it forever, and have decent 24/7
connectivity with a fixed IP address I will set up an MX record. Oh
and a similarly secure, maintained and connected backup server will be
needed for the second level MX.
I won't hold my breath though.
