On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 4:35 PM, Dan Hawke <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > I'd like to introduce myself on this list as I've been reading for a few > weeks now. > > I joined the University in December, and have slowly been inheriting > responsibility over linux server related programs, including this list > server. I've been looking for ways to improve the list server, and bring it > together with the other lists we have here. > > So, at the moment, I'm building up a new mailing list server, which I hope > to eventually migrate this list over to - by using the new > @lists.canterbury.co.nz domain. The new list server runs RHEL5.3, with Exim > 4.63 and Mailman 2.1.9. I'll be turning on features like list archives so > past mailing list posts can be indexed, and once its tidied up a bit make it > available to the general public. > > So yes, this does mean sometime in the future we'll be migrating this list > over, but I'd be making sure emails addressed to the old > @it.canterbury.ac.nz addresses would still pull over for some time > afterwards. > > Seeing this list is general knowledge for public consumption, I don't see > any reason why the archives can't be made available to non-subscribers, but > please let me know if anybody has any issues with that. > > Any comments or feedback are appreciated,
There are already at least two public archives, so I wouldn't worry about offering another one (unfortunately mailman's archives are awful, but the rest of the program is good). http://lists.ethernal.org/ http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ And thanks for making yourself known :)
