[Dspace-general] NOTICE: dspace-general listserv will move on Jan 27

[Tim Donohue]

All,

On Weds, Jan 27 2010, we will be migrating the 'dspace-general' mailing 
list from its current location at MIT to a new location at SourceForge. 
  We'd like to thank MIT for kindly hosting this mailing list for us 
over the years!

(1) Why are we doing this?

The primary reason for this migration is to make sure the 
'dspace-general' mailing list uses the same infrastructure as our other 
mailing lists.   Moving 'dspace-general' allows us to manage it similar 
to the other lists, and makes us less reliant on MIT staff for general 
maintenance tasks.  It also allows us to use similar spam filters across 
all of our lists, to hopefully minimize the spam in your inbox.

(2) How will this affect you as a subscriber to the list?

During this migration, we will automatically add all subscribers of the 
old listserv as subscribers to the new listserv.  You will not need to 
re-subscribe.

If you have set your subscription to receive daily digests, these digest 
settings will also be added for you automatically on the new list.  If 
you've customized any other subscription settings, you may need to 
re-customize them for the new list (only your digest settings will be 
automatically migrated).

(3) What will be the new list address?

The new list address (as of Weds, Jan 27) will be:
dspace-general at lists.sourceforge.net

Any emails sent to the old list address (dspace-general at mit.edu) will be 
automatically forwarded to the new list for a period of six months. 
Please remember to change your email address books during this period.

(4) Will all the email archives also be migrated to SourceForge?

Yes.  The entire email archives (which go back to 2003) will be migrated 
over to SourceForge, where they can be accessed alongside the archives 
of all our other mailing lists.


If you have any other questions, don't hesitate to contact myself 
(tdonohue at duraspace.org) or Valorie Hollister 
(vhollister at duraspace.org).  We'll be happy to work with you around any 
concerns you may have.

Thanks!

Tim

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Tim Donohue
Technical Lead for DSpace Project
DuraSpace.org