Is it possible to setup an autoresponder or some sort for a short period of time just to tell the user about the new address? Even better, forward to the new address AND send the warning message back to the user....
> -----Original Message----- > From: Sam Ruby [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2003 5:27 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Fwd: failure notice] > > > Jason van Zyl wrote: > > On Tue, 2003-02-04 at 12:35, Henning Schmiedehausen wrote: > > > >>I consider removing the old mailing list addresses right > after moving > >>a really bad idea. It should've been possible to keep the old > >>addresses around for a few days to allow people a smooth transition. > >> > >>This is unneccessary and rude. IMHO. > >> > >>Jason, people are actually using these addresses without > checking all > >>the mailing list articles all the time. You might want to consider > >>thinking about things like this when moving and changing things. > >>Backward compatibility is good. > > > > Henning, > > > > Do you even realize what happened? Again you show pretty much zero > > understanding of how things work. > > > > For one, I followed a procedure laid out by the apmail group. They > > have done this before. You realize that there intent was to > transfer > > everyone on the old mailing lists to the new mailing lists. > As far as > > I know this is what happened. Brian and Sam did the transfers so if > > someone tried to send a message before they received a message they > > might have got caught out but leaving both address running > is a severe > > burden on the already over burdened mail machine. > > > > So do you get it now Henning? Or do I have to explain things even > > further. I suggest you think about what you say before > sticking both > > your feet in addition to anything else you can find to put in your > > mouth. > > > > The changes were made with the guidance of the people that run the > > whole show here. I tried to make the transition as smooth > as possible > > so just relax. I actually do things around here instead of > constantly > > bitching, whining and complaining. > > FYI: forwarding requests from the old address to the new > address is as > simple as echoing one line to a file. Is this something you > would like > done? If so, for which addresses? > > - Sam Ruby > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
