So, is there any relatively easy way to put a stop to this useless once a month email?
On Mon, Sep 2, 2019 at 11:03 AM Ben Koenig <techkoe...@gmail.com> wrote: > The server has probably been repurposed for other mailing lists. What you > are seeing could just a side effect of leaving the list up in read-only > mode. > > Part of the FOSS philosophy goes beyond just software, and into data > integrity. While the operators of the list may have decided to move on, and > disabled it for futher communication, they probably chose to leave it up as > a historical record. Why not let people continue to access the list in read > only mode? If someone were to take an interest in any conversations that > once took place there, they could subscribe and access any archives that > were created. > > Don't confuse the act of disabling NEW messages with the act of removing > OLD messages. > > > On Mon, Sep 2, 2019 at 5:39 AM Rich Shepard <rshep...@appl-ecosys.com> > wrote: > > > On Sun, 1 Sep 2019, wes wrote: > > > > > Most likely answer is that the operator did not actually delete the > > > mailing list from Mailman. Possibly simply disabled incoming delivery, > > > which effectively disables the list while maintaining the message > archive > > > and subscriber list, etc. > > > > Wes, > > > > Okay. I didn't know one could do this with Mailman and don't understand > why > > one would do so rather than just shutting down the server (in the case of > > the single mail list). A few years ago I tried hosting a couple of mail > > lists for volunteer groups but the potentail users found it too difficult > > to > > subscribe and use so I dropped the lists and de-activated Mailman. > > > > Regards, > > > > Rich > > > > _______________________________________________ > > PLUG mailing list > > PLUG@pdxlinux.org > > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
