[Antennas] ADMIN: New Server

2002年1月04日 21:03:40 -0500

Gentlemen:
I have known for a couple of weeks that plans were underway to switch the 
entire collection of qth.net reflectors from the venerable, but decrepit, 
Majordomo list server software to a new system. Despite the fact that I 
was told the change would not be put into effect for this list until I gave 
the green light, it was abruptly transported to the new system, leaving me 
pedaling hard to catch up, and resulting, I am sorry to say, in confusion 
on the part of many list participants who were also caught unaware.
The new program is called, Mailman. You will notice that the new address 
for posting to the list is now:
[email protected]
There are many advantages to the new system and it will serve all of our 
needs much better. It will just take me some time to get up to 
speed. I've managed hundreds of lists on a wide variety of servers, but 
Mailman is a new one for me.
For a quick overview, send a message to:
[email protected]
In the body of the message, put the single word:
help
If you have questions, feel free to ask. I may not know the answer, but I 
will try to find out for you as we learn together.
The list is still set to reject messages in anything other than plain text 
format, and part of the spam filter will reject messages with anything in 
the BCC: line, or over 10 addresses in the CC: line. Also, as with 
Majordomo, you must send from the address under which you are subscribed.
You may receive some strange rejection messages, but they are usually for 
the above situations. It may say something like "suspicious header" if it 
detects any of the above.
Mailman has a "nomail" setting, which Majordomo doesn't, so you can use 
that if you are going on vacation, or need to add a second address that you 
want to be able to post from but don't want to receive messages at.
Mailman also has an automatic bounce handling routine, which is a great 
boon for all moderators! If you find yourself deleted from the list for 
bounced (undeliverable) messages, simply resubscribe.
Sorry for the confusion, but I didn't have any control over this.
73,
Larry Wilson KE1HZ
Moderator