[44net] Re: Mailman migration

-- Joel VK3LE/VK2VRO On Fri, Apr 22, 2022 at 11:08:59AM +1000, Damien Gardner via 44net wrote: > Yeah I'm just adding my vote for please god, do NOT move to discourse. > SAGE-AU moved to discourse a couple of years ago, and it killed the > organisation. As it turned out, like 90% of the members REALLY like email, > and had absolutely no interest in moving their conversations to a web > message board. As much as discourse likes to say it supports email, it > really doesn't do a good job of it, and with members cracking the shits and > leaving, SAGE-AU went broke last year, and now we don't have a peak body > for IT Professionals in Australia. > > --DG > > On Fri, 22 Apr 2022 at 11:03, Jim Kutsch KY2D via 44net < > 44net@mailman.ampr.org> wrote: > > > Hi, > > Here's just one vote *NOT* to use Discourse. It's a discussion system, not > > email. So we have to go there to see if anything is new rather than just > > having info come in our inbox. For me (YMMMV) I find it like having an > > inconvenient PO Box that you have to intentionally go visit to see if > > anything is there vs. mail being delivered to my home mailbox. > > > > 73 Jim KY2D > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Rosy Schechter - KJ7RYV via 44net 44net@mailman.ampr.org > > Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2022 20:53 > > To: 44net@mailman.ampr.org > > Subject: [44net] Re: Mailman migration > > > > Hey Jeff, > > > > Great question. As it turns out, we are in fact looking to switch to > > Discourse. > > > > https://www.discourse.org/ > > > > Curious if folks haved used it and like it. > > > > Rosy > > > > Rosy Schechter - KJ7RYV > > Executive Director > > Amateur Radio Digital Communications (ARDC) > > ampr.org > > > > On 4/21/22 5:44 PM, Jeff Hochberg via 44net wrote: > > > Evidently, some of the configurations were transferred over, but not the > > > user database. I'm unable to authenticate and, even if I try to perform > > > password recovery, I get the following message: > > > > > > "The e-mail address is not assigned to any user account" > > > > > > Not for anything but why not just switch to something like Google Groups > > > or Groups.io instead of having someone host a Mailman server? > > > > > > Jeff Hochberg > > > W4JEW > > > Atlanta, GA > > > jeff@w4jew.com mailto:jeff@w4jew.com > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Apr 21, 2022 at 11:03 AM Mike Tindor via 44net > > > <44net@mailman.ampr.org mailto:44net@mailman.ampr.org> wrote: > > > > > > I too have the same issue with regard to logging in to mailman. > > > The password reset claims my Gmail address is not a valid user (" > > > The e-mail address is not assigned to any user account ") > > > > > > Mike / AA8IA > > > > > > On Thu, Apr 21, 2022 at 10:56 AM Jon Anhold <jon@anhold.com > > > mailto:jon@anhold.com> wrote: > > > > > > Looks like this lost my digest preference, and I am unable to > > > login via the web interface to change it - it says I am not a > > > user when I try to reset my password. > > > > > > 73 de KM8V > > > > > > On Thu, Apr 21, 2022 at 10:51 AM Mike Tindor via 44net > > > <44net@mailman.ampr.org mailto:44net@mailman.ampr.org> wrote: > > > > > > Looks like there might be a little more to do, with regard > > > to email reputation. > > > > > > SPF and DKIM signing fail, and there is a published DMARC > > > record that quarantines 100% of DMARC failures. So the > > > list emails are going to end up in spam folders (they ended > > > up in my Gmail spam folder) because SPF/DKIM/DMARC all > > failed. > > > > > > 2a0a:bb00:0:44::1d needs added to themailman.ampr.org < > > http://mailman.ampr.org%3E SPF record > > > > > > and it appears themailman.ampr.org http://mailman.ampr.org > > emails are being signed with anARDC.NET http://ARDC.NET DKIM key > > rather than amailman.ampr.org http://mailman.ampr.org DKIM key > > > > > > Mike / AA8IA > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Apr 21, 2022 at 9:07 AM Chris Smith via 44net > > > <44net@mailman.ampr.org mailto:44net@mailman.ampr.org> > > wrote: > > > > > > Hello All, > > > > > > FYI, we had an issue with the mailing list server last > > week: > > > > > > The server the mailing list is hosted on experienced an > > > unexpected reboot. The server came back up ok and all > > > the services associated with the mailing list continued > > > to run, so Nagios (the application we use to monitor our > > > systems) did not report any issues. However, the sudden > > > reboot had corrupted several open files associated with > > > the mailing list software (Mailman 2.1) and the 44net > > > mailing list was not passing emails. As the list often > > > goes through quiet periods this was not noticed for > > > several days. > > > > > > Unfortunately the backup period for the server was only > > > set to a few days and by the time the issue was > > > investigated all the available backups were of the > > > corrupted files. > > > > > > As the longer term plan was always to migrate from the > > > older (now unsupported) Mailman 2.1 to the latest > > > Mailman 3.1 the decision was taken to migrate the > > > mailing list to a new server. ARDC already has a Mailman > > > 3 server for some internal mailing lists, so we migrated > > > the 44net list there. > > > > > > I am pleased to report that the archives from the old > > > server were successfully migrated over, so no loss of > > > data there thankfully. > > > > > > The web interface for the new home of 44net can be found > > > here: > > > > > > > > https://mailman.ardc.net/mailman3/postorius/lists/44net.mailman.ampr.org/ > > > < > > https://mailman.ardc.net/mailman3/postorius/lists/44net.mailman.ampr.org/%3E > > > > > > The MX record has been updated to point to the new > > > server, so you should continue to send emails to > > > 44net@mailman.ampr.org mailto:44net@mailman.ampr.org > > > to post to the list. > > > > > > I want to take this opportunity to thank John - KI5D for > > > hosting the mailing list since we had the last big crash > > > in 2012. The mailman server, with John looking after it > > > has provided excellent service to the community. John is > > > going to continue to help out by acting as admin for the > > > 44net mailing list on it’s new home. > > > > > > Best 73, > > > Chris - G1FEF > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 44net mailing list -- 44net@mailman.ampr.org > > > mailto:44net@mailman.ampr.org > > > To unsubscribe send an email to > > > 44net-leave@mailman.ampr.org > > > mailto:44net-leave@mailman.ampr.org > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 44net mailing list -- 44net@mailman.ampr.org > > > mailto:44net@mailman.ampr.org > > > To unsubscribe send an email to 44net-leave@mailman.ampr.org > > > mailto:44net-leave@mailman.ampr.org > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 44net mailing list -- 44net@mailman.ampr.org > > > mailto:44net@mailman.ampr.org > > > To unsubscribe send an email to 44net-leave@mailman.ampr.org > > > mailto:44net-leave@mailman.ampr.org > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 44net mailing list -- 44net@mailman.ampr.org > > > To unsubscribe send an email to 44net-leave@mailman.ampr.org > > _______________________________________________ > > 44net mailing list -- 44net@mailman.ampr.org > > To unsubscribe send an email to 44net-leave@mailman.ampr.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 44net mailing list -- 44net@mailman.ampr.org > > To unsubscribe send an email to 44net-leave@mailman.ampr.org > > > _______________________________________________ > 44net mailing list -- 44net@mailman.ampr.org > To unsubscribe send an email to 44net-leave@mailman.ampr.org