Le samedi 2 juillet 2011 01:07:00, Samuel Verschelde a écrit : > Le vendredi 1 juillet 2011 22:49:29, andre999 a écrit : > > nicolas vigier a écrit : > > > On Fri, 01 Jul 2011, andre999 wrote: > > >>>> We would like to have an email address for the team, which would > > >>>> direct messages to all team members. > > >>>> It could be [email protected] or similar (suggested by Daniel). > > >>> > > >>> We keep @mageia.org for real persons. The usual way to have a group > > >>> mail is something along [email protected], and this requires a > > >>> ldap group. ( which in turn requires 1) identity account 2) a list > > >>> of person, and someone to manage the group ) > > >> > > >> Would something like [email protected] be Ok ? > > > > > > No, [email protected] with foo replaced by the group name. > > > > > >> Presumably I would manage the group, which would include at least > > >> magnus + Daniel. So who should I talk to about setting it up ? > > >> Would I be able to add new persons myself, or would I have to request > > >> it ? > > > > > > What would be the use of this group and alias ? > > > Shouldn't most discussions be public, so on a mailing list ? > > > > This would be for potential packager apprentices or others to easily > > contact all members the mentoring coordinator team. > > So one of us can respond quickly, mostly to update our packages_mentoring > > wiki page. (Which will be ready in the next few days.) > > We could also use it to discuss among ourselves, which we now do by > > private email. So it wouldn't be of general interest. We wouldn't want > > those outside our group responding to messages received, like in a > > public mailing list. > > (The group might include a few outside our team.) > > (It could include mentors, but they will see useful info on our wiki > > page.) A restricted-access mailing list should work. > > I don't think there's a need for restricted access, and it would be > opposite to the way we try to do everything in the open. > > What you need is > 1) a way to be contacted directly by those who need (apprentices) > 2) a way to discuss within members of the team, but maybe other people too > if some want to join the discussion > > For 1), I think your @mageia.org address once you will get one is > sufficient. It's only one means of communication among others (MLs, > forums, wiki), so I don't think a group is necessarily needed for that. > You can still forward requests you can't handle yourself.
That being said, I have nothing against the use of a group for that, but only as a contact e-mail, not for discussion, or only for sensitive discussion about specific persons. > > For 2), I don't know what is better : > - use an existing mailing list > - create a new one > > I think you must try to use direct e-mail among you only when there's a > good reason to avoid public discussion. Saying that it's not of general > interest is not a good enough reason, I think. Do you have other reasons > for wanting a private mailing list ? > > Best regards > > Samuel Verschelde
