Availability of Listserv

[Sue Keohan]

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
>