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The Central Ohio Linux Users Group has a history of a mixed
majordomo
and Mailman run
mailing list.
Topics center (not too surprisingly) on Linux system setup,
maintenance, and anecdotes. These days, (2009) Mailman had eclipsed
the older ways.
It is a moderate volume list -- maybe 5-25 pieces a day. It does,
however, have a nice, high content to 'noise' ratio, and is
aggressively UCE filtered ...
A digest of each list is available. A few notes regarding all lists:
- Please try to keep posts polite
and on-topic.
See also: RFC
1855 (local copy) ;
Godwin's
Law and its corollaries (local copy)
have never been invoked here, but
would apply and be enforced in an exceptional circumstance.
- Only subscribers may post. Posts containing HTML and their posters
may be silently
dropped from the list. Long running bouncing accounts are
silently unsubscribed by the MailMan program, or manually if a
mail blockage is detected by the list administrators.
Repeat offenders will be silently removed from the list.
- Posts containing administrative keywords (subscribe, unsubscribe...)
will be deferred and posted after being reviewed for administrative
requests.
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| At the first, all posts were archived in a digested form from a
majordomo source. This digest will not be fed new content
after December 2001 -- when we moved to MailMan with
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- The list members are quite knowledgeable, and several members post
only thoughtful analysis. As such, the archive
functions as a FAQ. Please consult it, if it seems to you
that your problem should have already
been discussed. In like fashion, a poster may get a reply:
"Archive" and a URL, as a perfectly fair response.
- Please -- no commercial, for sale, or jobs posts in the main list;
jobs posts have their own list; commercial or for sale
are just off-topic everywhere; Repeat offenders will be
silently removed from the list.
Colug
Mailman
uses a web interface for all
management of subscriptions.
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A subject line header of [colug] is automatically added to each post.
(procmail maven will no doubt re-write headers to their own
taste.) This should help users using mail sorting software.
If your post does not immediately show, it probably was
directed by the program to an editor, for possible 'repost.'
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I'm hungry ...
There also exists a 'colug-lunch' list, with a broader charter ['I'm hungry in body and
soul -- Where do the geeks eat?'].
here
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I'm looking for a better job ...
There also exists a 'colug-jobs' list, with a broader charter ['I heard
about an opening that was interesting']. Please limit recruiter posts to this
venue, please.
here
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Reply-To Munge
We formerly (until a server relocation 1 Sept 2009)
'munged' the Reply-To header, as a
conscious decision. See, e.g., the Majordomo
FAQ at section 3.4. See also:
this.
The appears to be sanctioned at section 4.4.3 of
RFC 822.
For a contrary opinion, see
here.
This topic is probably a vi vs. emacs,
or a TUI vs. GUI debate -- not capable
of one 'correct' answer. If you find this problem, consult
man procmail, and you
can mangle inbound mail as preferred and to taste. Failing
that, see
this link for a
compilation of mail and news management tools. See also,
demime.
And then speaking of contrary opinions,
there is DJB's (and not
DJB ex Red Hat)
check-in on the topic
here,
implicitly ignored in
RFC 2369.
There are several expired draft RFC and related Reply-To
proposals:
DRUMS,
Mailing
List Behavior
(Tip o' the hat to the RPM-List)
As noted, we also 'brand' the subject line of the list, but see:
RFC
2919 -- Except for the history of the group,
its orientation to help new users, and the fact that it
greatly pre-dates this RFC, we would probably not ... .
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