Availability of Listserv
Sue Keohan
keohan at ll.mit.edu
Tue Dec 7 21:26:26 EST 2004
if you send a message to SAP-WUG at MITVMA.MIT.EDU, it will not be
distributed. Please do feel free to continue using this address for
your workflow related Q and A until the new service has been established.
Thanks
Sue
Sue Keohan wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> MIT will be discontinuiing support for Listserv, and I have been advised
> if we want to continue this list, that we should prepare to migrate to
> Mailman.
>
> What does this mean to you ? For a short period of time, Listserv will
> be locked while it's settings are copied to a new Mailman list. Then I
> will notify you to please start sending your questions and answers to
> the new mail address. Any messages sent to the old address
> (SAP-WUG at MITVMA.MIT.EDU) will automatically be forwarded to our new
> Mailman list. After a while, the tech folks will also archive the
> SAP-WUG messages into Mailman format, and SAP-WUG (in it's Listserv
> form) will go away. (sob)
>
> I have been assured that Mailman (and the transition to it) will be very
> gentle on you. There is web-based subscription management (yay!) and a
> web-based search capability through MIT's web site. Please feel free to
> make yourself familiar with Mailman by visiting...
>
> http://web.mit.edu/lists/mailman/.
>
> In the meantime, while out Listserv settings are being migrated to
> Mailman, you may find that certain subscription options (such as Sign
> Off) are unavailable. Newcomers may not be able to subscribe (if you
> know someone encountering a problem, please refer them to me). This
> should only last a day or so. Please be patient.
>
> So, what is our 'new name' likely to be ? Personally, I hope for
> SAP-WUG at mit.edu, but perhaps you all have better ideas.
>
> Anyhow, please feel free to contact me if you have any concerns. As
> always, I am grateful to all of you who make this list so educational
> and so much fun.
> Sue
>
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