I can tell you that there *is* a confirmation requirement before mass unsubscribing everyone, because I almost did it tonight and got a warning message.
Risker/Anne On Fri, 20 Jan 2023 at 23:37, Amir Sarabadani <[email protected]> wrote: > FWIW, this is not the first time an admin mistakenly has done this. It is > an issue in the interface that doesn't even ask for confirmation before > mass unsubscribing everyone. > > There was a task for it but I can't find it, if anyone remembers please > send it to me. > > Best > > Am Sa., 21. Jan. 2023 um 05:03 Uhr schrieb Kunal Mehta <[email protected] > >: > >> Hi, >> >> I have reached out to the wikimania-l list admins privately with what I >> found by investigating the server logs[1], it appears that the >> "unsubscribe all" interface was accidentally used and then people were >> silently resubscribed (so it appeared they weren't unsubscribed in the >> first place). >> >> In general, if some data loss happens please please PLEASE reach out to >> the Mailman admins / SRE team as soon as possible, we have much better >> tools like database backups to restore things exactly to the way they >> were. Accidents happen, we understand, it's much easier for us to >> intervene and reset things right after they occur rather than trying to >> piece things together later. >> >> [1] Those with Phabricator security access can review >> <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T327572>. >> >> HTH, >> -- Kunal / Legoktm >> >> On 1/18/23 06:07, Deryck Chan wrote: >> > Hi listadmins, >> > >> > Many subscribers to wikimania-l received a "You have been unsubscribed >> > from the Wikimania-l mailing list" email today, despite the fact that >> we >> > are certainly still subscribed (and are discussing these false messages >> > on-list). >> > >> > Has this happened with any other lists? >> > >> > --Deryck >> > wikimania-l listadmin, [[User:Deryck Chan]] >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Listadmins mailing list -- [email protected] >> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >> >> To request technical changes for a specific list, please instead create a >> task in Phabricator. See https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists >> > > > -- > Amir (he/him) > > _______________________________________________ > Listadmins mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > > To request technical changes for a specific list, please instead create a > task in Phabricator. See https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists
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