Hi Zeljko, It is certainly possible to set those up as I described before. In fact we have a few of them already, but not project-wide. Perhaps you can bring this discussion to Don's telecon and get a decision regarding using this more extensively.
Jeff > From: Zeljko Ivezic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Organization: University of Washington > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], LSST Data Management > <[email protected]> > Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2006 14:32:42 -0700 > To: LSST Data Management <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [LSST-data] Postings to list servers > > Jeffrey P Kantor wrote: >> Hi Zeljko, >> >> Actually you can set mailman (the tool we use for lsst lists) lists to be >> "private", that is to require someone to be subscribed to see the list >> contents and you have enter your email and password. This is a >> configuration setting. Then the administrator simply manages who is allowed >> to subscribe. I believe (after some initial confusion on the list manager's >> part) this is how the lsst-scmgt list is configured. >> >> You can also set the entire list so that it is hidden from the overall list >> directory page, so you have to know the name of the list to find it. >> >> Of course, for lsst-data, we WANT the list to be readable, so it is not set >> that way. But this can be done on an individual list basis, so if you >> wanted lsst-sc that way for example, it can be set with those parameters. > > Thanks! I think you already explained that once to me. > > My problem is more philosophical: people tend not to send > postings to email lists because they are so public. The > volume of email related to lsst that is send to private > email addresses in everyone's mailbox can easily prove > this assertion. There may be other reasons too, but it > is my impression that the public nature of lsst-* lists > is a significant factor. > > A large fraction of email conversation in the project > that doesn't get posted to lsst-* lists is very bad for > at least two important reasons: > > - that conversation is not archived > - its distribution is limited only to those on a sender's > private list > > Both of these are likely to have a significant negative impact > on the project. > > I believe that project-wide, but invisible to the world, lists > would help. And repeated insistence by the project management > that private email exchanges are not good for the project. > Even when their content is trivial. We must have lively > project wide communication that is not accessible to google > robots. Even after google people join us. > > > Cheers, > > Zeljko > > > > _______________________________________________ > LSST-data mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.lsstmail.org/mailman/listinfo/lsst-data > _______________________________________________ LSST-data mailing list [email protected] http://www.lsstmail.org/mailman/listinfo/lsst-data
