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[OM] Re: List-Mum -- new list-home this week, plus other stuff

Subject: [OM] Re: List-Mum -- new list-home this week, plus other stuff
From: "Charles Geilfuss" <charles.geilfuss@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2008 12:58:32 -0500
  If for no other reason than nostalgia I say keep the [OM].

Charlie

On Sun, Nov 9, 2008 at 3:19 AM, Thomas Heide Clausen <
olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>
> Dear all,
>
> After much trying out with different hosting companies, etc., I've
> found one which appears able to perform. I hope that this should
> ensure better list availability and more continuos and timely
> service. I apologize for the delay in getting to this point.
>
>        THEREFORE: Expect some disturbance of service Monday/Tuesday while
> the transition is underway.
>
> I will, of course, do my utmost to minimize any interruptions or
> disturbances, but I apologize in advance for any inconveniences.
>
> Question to y'all:
>
>        o       As the list has moved from being "OM-cameras" to becoming
> "OM+E
> cameras", I wonder if the
>                [OM] should be:
>
>                                o       kept in place, for history's sake
>                                o       changed to [Olympus]
>                                o       changed to [OM+E]
>                                o       changed to something else
>
>                Consider this a consensus call, not a vote ;)
>
> New Features:
>
>        o       The list will be hosted under one of my domain names, which
> should
> allow the
>                addresses to/from it to remain stable even when/if it moves
> again.
>
>        o       The host will provide also web-archives for the list.
>
>        o       There should be an actually functioning web-interface for
> setting
> subscriber
>                options
>
>        o       There's an automated bounce processing enabled (should make
> my
> life easier).
>                We will see how it works, please do signal any "unjust
> bounces", if
> you get some.
>
> Now, we have about a zillion subscribers on "Vacation". Some really
> are (good for them!), some are our respective "double-subscriptions"
> allowing us to post also from work without getting 2 copies of our
> mails -- and some are "serial bouncers" that have been sent on
> vacation and never gotten off, likely because their addresses have
> expired and they're no longer interested. I'd like to take this
> occasion to "clean up" in that list. So, therefore:
>
>        o       Those email addresses that are *not* on vacation will be
>                transfered directly
>
>        o       Those email addresses that are on vacation will receive an
> INVITATION
>                with information as to how to join and set vacation flags.
>
> I've got a couple of additional "new features" up my sleeve, but for
> now these will have to wait. Stay tuned.
>
> The List Mum
>
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> List nannies:        olympusadmin@xxxxxxxxxx
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