All of the yahoo addresses seem to be simultaneously unsubscribing from our
mailing list.

Is this related to the upgrade?

Thanks,
Richard
(User:Pharos)

On Wed, Apr 21, 2021 at 8:46 PM Kunal Mehta <[email protected]> wrote:

> Dear Wikimedia mailing list admins,
>
> As you may have heard, we will be upgrading the mailing list software to
> Mailman 3, which is a full rewrite, fixing lots of long standing issues,
> especially around security. A short list of improvements:
>
> * One user account (no more monthly password reminder emails or list
> passwords)
> * Ability to search through archives
> * Posting through a web interface
> * A web interface that doesn't look like its from the early 2000s
>
> For the most part, if you just send and receive mail from the list,
> nothing dramatic will change.
>
> A test installation is available at <https://lists-next.wikimedia.org/>
> if you'd like to take a look now (all data will eventually be deleted).
> We can import your list into the test system so you can look around the
> new interfaces, make sure settings were migrated correctly and archives
> display correctly.
>
> We're still finalizing the exact dates, but we may start migrating
> mailing lists starting next week. They'll be migrated in batches,
> starting with lists with no archives, and then going by size of archive
> and # of subscribers. Expect very big/old lists (wikimedia-l,
> wikitech-l, etc.) to go last. We plan to send a notification to the list
> admins when we start migrating the list and once it's finished.
>
> We will need help from list admins to make this go smoothly.
>
> * If your list is obsolete or should be archived, please add
> "[OBSOLETE]" or "[ARCHIVED]" to the list description and we'll take care
> of the rest.
> * Please update your list description to indicate who the list admins
> are (either usernames, email addresses, etc.)
> * If you'd like to volunteer your list to go early, let us know.
> * On the other hand, if you think your list needs special handling and
> should go later, let us know as well.
> * It is our intention to have all mailing lists be publicly listed,
> please let us know if you have a reason that the existence of your list
> should be kept private.
> * If you've lost track of all the lists you're responsible for, we can
> look it up for you :)
> * The canonical URL of your mailing list will change. If you link to
> your mailing list in help pages, templates, etc. You should update it
> after migration. For example
> <https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l> will change to
> <
> https://lists.wikimedia.org/postorius/lists/wikitech-l.lists.wikimedia.org/>
>
> (we expect to provide redirects).
> * For public archives, we will ensure that archive links will not break.
> For private lists, we do not intend to support old archive URLs - if
> this is a big issue for you, please let us know.
>
> There's probably stuff we missed to mention, if you have questions,
> concerns, comments, please let us know on this list or #wikimedia-tech
> on IRC.
>
> For tracking the work see https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T280322
>
> Thanks,
> Amir (Ladsgroup) and Kunal (Legoktm)
>
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