On 2011-11-13 7:20 AM, Andrea Pescetti wrote:
On 25/10/2011 Rob Weir wrote:
Process for getting a new mailing list created is here:
http://www.apache.org/dev/committers.html#new-mailing-list
Probably makes sense to start with the largest NL communities first?
I had a look at this and at the mentioned EZMLM "Moderator's and
Administrator's Manual" to have an idea, and it seems that the moderator
role and its processes are quite different from what we are used to at
openoffice.org.
While I do have a general understanding now, I still miss some
information on how the lists are actually configured at Apache:
Yeah, there are some other usual FAQs that haven't been written up on
that page yet.
- Must all moderation happen by e-mail through the -accept address and
similar? Isn't a web interface available?
- Moderation is done over email. Each email you get has an -accept,
-reject, and -allow reply address - if you send to the -allow, then that
user's email address is whitelisted, and that email address can send
mail in the future without going through moderation.
- The distinction between a "Moderator" and an "Administrator" is new to
me, and I realized that at it.openoffice.org I act much more as an
Administrator than a Moderator. My most frequent task is a user asking
me to change his e-mail address, which I have to do in two steps
(automatically subscribe the new address, then remove the old one; he
could do it himself of course, but often he experienced difficulties
while trying). Can this be done on the Apache lists too?
Yes, ezmlm allows moderators to remove and add other email addresses to
a list. It still sends a confirmation email, but it sends it to the
moderator (i.e. you can do this without the user having to respond to
anything.
- Can a lists be set up so that it automatically rejects posts from
non-members, sending a (possibly configurable) standard reply?
I'm pretty sure we have some subscriber-only lists, but you'd need to
check with ASF Infra. Normally you'd mail [email protected] with
specific questions about the details of mailing list setups.
- Can subject tags and e-mail footers be customized?
Yes, as Rob noted, moderators can send emails to custom addresses to
check and set footers/headers etc., as well as get the list of subscribers.
Oh, and folks interested in mailing list statistics might like this:
http://pulse.apache.org/
- Shane
