This is probably related to https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T232417

On Fri, Apr 23, 2021 at 11:10 AM Pharos <[email protected]>
wrote:

> 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 * If your list is obsolete or should be archived, please add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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