In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote:
> Clifford Heath wrote:
>>
>> I am responsible for the server that currently distributes the SSLeay mailing
>> lists. I believe that these lists should and will die, and interested parties
>> should move across to openssl lists. Before suggesting this to ssl-users,
>> I'd like to poll the feeling over here for automatically redirecting all
>> ssl-users traffic to a new (or existing) openssl list. I can easily arrange
>> this, but would only pass the membership list across to OpenSSL after allowing
>> adequate time for existing ssl-users to be aware, and to unsubscribe or
>> complain.
> Sounds good to me.
Yes, a good idea.
>> The openssl-dev list *isn't* the right target. Is openssl-users?
Yes, openssl-users matches the old ssl-users best.
> I believe
>> that we should also have openssl-apps or openssl-apache lists to attract those
>> who persistently fill ssl-users with apache questions. Comments, anyone?
>> I'd like feedback from the hardcore folk first, hence this is posted to
>> openssl-dev.
> I'm not sure its worth the effort - all that will happen is that they'll
> spam _all_ the lists, so we'll get even more crap in our mailboxes. I
> say just redirect to openssl-users.
> Besides, 80% of the OpenSSL core are also Apache core...
That's exactly the problem: those users crosspost usually to all lists. We
already see this between ssl-users, apache-ssl and sw-mod-ssl. Those people
write to all three in parallel. So, Ben we should keep the openssl-users and
not split it. But a redirection from ssl-users to openssl-users is useful
until people have switched.
So, I vote for doing it this way:
1. Immediately forward all ssl-users messages to openssl-users
2. Give a statement on ssl-users that people should switch
the next weeks by unscribing from ssl-users and subscribing to
openssl-users. When they don't unsubscribe from ssl-users they're
automatically subscribed to openssl-user after the delay of
a few weeks.
3. After the delay, we copy over the subscriptions and
create a permanent redirection of ssl-users to openssl-users
Does this three-step approach sound reasonable?
Ralf S. Engelschall
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www.engelschall.com
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