Hi Everyone, Thank you very much for this information. Of someone who very used to use mailboxes and knowing of deleting something would give you warning, this comes to me as a surprise.
It is a profound regret that this has happened. This incident/ concern almost distracted me in various Wikimania meetings I attend. I truly appreciate the effort. Kind regards, Butch On Sat, Jan 21, 2023, 12:47 PM Amir Sarabadani <[email protected]> wrote: > Risker: Not in all cases IIRC, also generally the UX of it is suboptimal > but it's getting better. See this upstream ticket: > https://gitlab.com/mailman/postorius/-/issues/545 > > > Am Sa., 21. Jan. 2023 um 05:41 Uhr schrieb Risker <[email protected]>: > >> 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 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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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