Sounds good, will this show the sender of each email in the "from" line, or is that a separate matter entirely?
On Mon, Sep 29, 2014 at 8:20 PM, Paul McCall via Af <af@afmug.com> wrote: > Guys, > > > > As some of you are aware, PDMNet’s behind the scenes management of the > AFMUG list as a service to Chuck McCown and his companies, involves hosting > on an Amazon server. Some very good things have come from that decision so > far… no mail delivery issues (no server issues, no blacklisting or > greylisting issues etc. to our knowledge). The EC2 / SES platform is very > robust, though overly complex at first blush. A lot more time went to > getting this setup that we anticipated, but that’s life. It costs a > little more to use this platform, (I know.. I know) but long term, I think > we will be happy with it. > > > > One of the differences is the way the headers are handled. Out of the > box, Amazon required us to “munge” the headers in such a way that we could > customize them to meet Amazon’s strict mass-emailing rules. This causes > some differences in the way the mail is delivered, causing a few of you who > use a different type of threading than most of us, some grief. We are way > PAST the discussion about what is “right” etc. Respectfully, lets move on > from that “debate”. > > > > The only way that Amazon provides to do things in a more conventional > email header fashion is to use their API. We knew this was an option when > we brought the list live, but also anticipated a bit of a learning curve. > And, indeed it was! > > > > We have gotten comfortable with the API and have been running it on our > test Mailman list internally. Basically the API allows us / requires us to > process each AFMUG subscriber as an authenticated / confirmed email > address. Soooo…. In order to use the API, we need to authenticate all the > current users of the list. We can send a batch through the API to > generate the confirmation email to everyone, but before I did it, I wanted > to give you a heads up. NEW subscribers will first join the mailman AFMUG > group and once confirmed, will then get an Amazon confirmation immediately > thereafter. Unsubscribing will also remove you from an authenticated user > for the list. > > > > Assuming that we haven’t overlooked something (and, I am sure you guys > will let me know that, LOL ) I would like to give a 48 hour notice that we > will make the change, and you will get the Amazon email after that window. > > > > All in favor ? All opposed? > > > > Paul McCall, Pres. > > PDMNet / Florida Broadband > > 658 Old Dixie Highway > > Vero Beach, FL 32962 > > 772-564-6800 office > > 772-473-0352 cell > > www.pdmnet.com > > pa...@pdmnet.net > > >
