hello everybody You may recall that earlier this week I informed the group that I was compiling a database of list members to ensure that those who wished to remain members of this group will be imported into the new configuration when we move Mac Access, lock, stock and barrel, to its new home. I am writing now to update the group on this topic, and of one other change which we have decided to make.
Effective as of Monday, 28 July 2014, at 20:00 (UTC), the list membership database which I have compiled for use by our webmaster when porting the group is now complete. That is to say that, unless things change, (see below), we will use the current list membership configuration when we move. In other words, if you are receiving this message, HEY! – WOW! – WOOPEE-I-O! – congratulations! You are clearly a member of the group and will remain so unless you express a desire to the contrary by means of a manual message to the support team. As of now, therefore, even if you remove yourself from the group, and do not inform us, you will be re-added when the group moves. All subscription information updated within the last 24 hours has been ported into the database, or removed from the database, as appropriate. But unless we receive a manual request to have information updated or removed from a list member, (not from somebody else on that member’s behalf), we will not be making any further changes before we move. Also, we are modifying our web presence so that the new groups information will appear on the list’s website. If you should happen to click on a link on our web page, and it is broke , please don’t worry. When the move is complete, the data will once again be accurate. Now, the next major change. Owing to the fact that we now have a presence on the public list archive database administered by Google, we have decided that there is little point in replicating the archive on our own site. Our logs indicate no use of these archives having been made within the preceding 28 days, which is the maximum time for which we retain active logs. Therefore, the list archives held here are probably of no value, and it’s time to take a little strain back off the servers, by removing the local archives. This latter decision is still open for review. So if you think we are making a mistake by doing this, or if you are somebody who uses the local archive pages, please do feel free to write to us off list and let us know. If it is helpful to do so, we will retain the local archives. But we are aware that there are difficulties when using VoiceOver on those pages anyway, which would probably account for their non-use. We have also set up an auto-responder which you’ll be sent in the event that you send a message to the list server, just reminding you of the database issue. Oh yes, and there’s a small addition to the message footer pages. That aside, we hope very much to minimise intrusion to our members as we carry out the changes we have been working on for some time, and bring our new services on line. Gordon, our technical guru, has invested significantly in time and we have invested significantly in monetary terms in order to ensure the prosperous future of Mac Access. We have, for instance, invested in new hardware of both OS X and Windows Server flavours in order to better serve both our clients, commercial and otherwise, and also our list members who we value greatly. We have also finally got around to reviving our SSL encryption technologies. When the new servers come on stream they will be equipped with the latest SSL encryption in order to keep our data, and that of our clients and friends, safe for the next 4 years at least. The future of Mac Access is bright. We recently hit the 500 members mark, although we’ve lost a couple of the new subscribers since then. We don’t publish members’ details, so please don’t anybody ask us for a listing. But we want you all to know that we remain absolutely and totally committed to ensuring that our thus far unblemished record continues in the same vain for the foreseeable future. As always if you wish to comment, our front door is open, so to speak, you can find it by sending an email to [email protected] or my personal front door is at [email protected] – just open the letterbox and yell through it; although if you wake me up at 3 in the morning, don’t expect anything other than a bucket of cold water over your head before you leave the premises. ;-) Warm regards Lynne *** IMPORTANT *** PLEASE READ! In advance of our migration to the new server, our members database is now complete. Therefore, if you are planning to make changes to your Mac Access subscription preferences, please be advised that you'll now need to contact us manually if you wish your changes to be migrated to the new server. This is extremely important, if you want to avoid the frustration of bouncing messages; so please don't say "I didn't know] if things go wrong because you never told us. If you just joined the group and want to know what this is about, please contact [email protected] for information. This irritating little message will be removed shortly; but we need to ensure that the message gets through! <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to [email protected] You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at the list's public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml> As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we always strive to ensure that the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security strategy. 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