Re: UAA List Serve

From: Tofu45 <rpelz34@acsalaska.net>
Date: Tue Dec 05 2006 - 10:12:53 AKST

Greg,
 I tried a message to the list yesterday and it didn't get posted.
First time that has happened. Maybe there is a recent change.

     Bob

Greg Madden wrote:
>> I think we need to figure out why people get bumped off first.
> AFAIk this involve the UAA admin. I would rather move our account to Dee's
> or equal and have root access to manage our list serve so we avoid all
> such issues.
>
>> I know the last time I was having a problem with getting bumped is that
>> the my mail-server that was receiving my list mail was bouncing it back
>> to the list-server as un-deliverable. When this happens, the
>> list-server automatically drops your subscription.
>>
>> When this was happening to me, Mike Tibor was good enough to send me a
>> copy of the log where my server was bouncing the mail. I used that as
>> ammo to talk to the outfit managing my mail host to resolve the issue.
>>
>> As I am under the impression that this "automatic un-subscribe" is a
>> pretty standard feature of list-servers, changing to another host is
>> not going to resolve the problem
>
> This is not true in our case.If we host the list serve and give the
> appropriate permissions to manage the the list plus direction, Aklug
> gains control of the list, and can resolve issues that have afflicted
> users, something that is only a wish at this time.
>
> I move we move the list to Dee's server unless someone else volunteers a
> list serve.
>> Jim Gribbin
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Greg Madden <pabi@gci.net>
>> Date: Monday, December 4, 2006 5:13 pm
>> Subject: UAA List Serve
>>
>>> There are problems with the current list serve at UAA. While it
>>> has been a
>>> great community service to host our list for us I believe we
>>> should host
>>> our own list so we can have root on the box.
>>>
>>> We are having problems with members being denied access to post
>>> because
>>> the list thinks the person is not signed up, while the person is
>>> actually
>>> signed up. Members being dropped from the list.
>>>
>>> IMHO the best solution is to find a member with a server who has
>>> list
>>> serve software running. Dee McKinney has volunteered his server to
>>> do
>>> this. Dee does not have to be the only admin but obviously we need
>>> to
>>> decide who is , moderator, admin & with Dee's blessing root.
>>>
>>> The current list status is unacceptable, and I don't feel like
>>> bothering
>>> the UAA admin when we can do this ourselves.
>>> --
>>> Greg Madden
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