hi when the yahoo list closes, do we all subscribe, as per the instructions in the e mail, or are we all moved over automatically? regards, will#
----- Original Message ----- From: "kevin and emma" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 2:45 PM Subject: audyssey: ***important message from the list owner! please all read!*** > hello everyone, this is extremely important so please read the whole of my > message below. > > as mentioned a week or two back, myself, raul and tom have decided to move > the whole of this list away from yahoogroups. the reasons for this most of > you will probably be able to relate too! smile. yahoogroups seems to be > getting more unpredictable, not too mention slow. there's also problems > with > certain ISP's and members being bounced for no apparent reason, so it's > time > to wave goodbye to yahoogroups. > > ok so where are we going? we decided to take the list to a new domain of > it's own. we took the audyssey.org domain name which was still available > and > we are going to develop a website from there. more on the actual website > later, we are primarily concerned here with the list move for the moment. > the new discussion list will be based on audyssey.org using mailman, which > some of you will be familiar with. it's dead simple to use and is > lightening > quick compared with yahoo. the current list will close for posting, but > the > list archives will remain for the time being as they are an invaluable > source of information.unfortunately, there is no way of taking the > archives > with us to the new website. > > this move will take place on friday of this week. this will be roughly > around: noon Mountain time which is 2 pm > Eastern, 1 pm Central, and 11 am Pacific. That is 7 pm Universal > (including > the UK). the current yahoo list will be closed down so far as posting goes > a > couple of hours before that time. we request noone posts anything to the > current list from about 3 hours before the times listed above. > > and now for another important request relating to the new list. please! > please! please! do not post test messages to the new list. we have a > membership of over 300 and we do not want the list overwhelmed with > pointless test messages!! if you get messages from the new list, you can > assume you've been successfully transfered over and you *do not* need to > test it! the first message that will be posted will be the new list > guidelines, so if you get those, then your subscribed. if you want to make > sure, then post on a current topic or start a new one yourself. i say > again, > *do not* post test messages to the new list! i'm wording this as a > request, > but of course the list moderators are free to handle those who do post > test > messages after what i've said, in their own way. > > again, to save a deluge of messages to the current list about aspects of > changing subscriptions, going no mail etc, please read below. it's a quick > run down of basic commands raul sent me. these instructions, probably in > more depth will also be attached to the list guidelines each month. also, > and i've not actually checked thuroughly, but i'd think such information > is > pretty well covered on the list home page. > > > Questions regarding list management. Yes list members can convert to > digest, go nomail, etc. The probess is different than yahoogroups but > here is the way. Short and quick answer is to go to the list web page, > log in with their email address and password assigned to them by the > Mailman software and make such changes. Kevin, as you've seen, the web > site for this is very easy and speedy. Second way is via email. For > example if my mailing list password was doggies what I would do is send > an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > and put what ever in the > subject, I usually put a period or two. In the body of the message put > the following three lines. > > authenticate doggies > set delivery off > end > > The authenticate doggies password is to use your list password to allow > you to make changes to your list settings. the set delivery off command > tells Mailman to set the delivery mode to off. Lastly, the end command > tells the mailman to not process anything after that line in case for > example that you have a signature. > > Lastly, the way to unsubscribe can be done via web interface or via > email like this: Send email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > again put whatever in subject line and send the message. You will get a > confirmation asking you to confirm you really want to leave. > > To subscribe via email you send email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > You can leave the subject what ever and the body blank. If you do this > the Mailman will send you back a confirm message so you can confirm you > really want to do this. Mailman will also assign you a random list > password which you can get reminded of when ever or at the first of each > month. If you however want to choose your own password then instead of > emailing the -subscribe address I mentioned do the following: Send email > to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > and in the body or subject line put the > line: > > subscribe test123 > > Subscribe tells Mailman to subscribe you, test123 in this case would be > the password you choose. > > As you can tell, Mailman is very flexible. > > lastly for the moment, the all important addresses. to send a message to > the > list once it's up and running, send to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > to visit the list's new home page, go to: > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org > > if anyone has further questions, feel free to ask, and i'm sure raul and > tom > will fill in any gaps i've left! smile. we'll try and make the move as > painless as possible and hopefully the list's new home will make > everyone's > life a little easier than it has been recently on yahoogroups. > > happy gaming!! > > Kevin - owner of the blind gamers discussion list > contact me via email/msn: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > to leave send a blank Email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > You can contact the list owners/moderators by Emailing > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > to go nomail send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > change "nomail" to "normal" to resume messages. > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > to leave send a blank Email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can contact the list owners/moderators by Emailing [EMAIL PROTECTED] to go nomail send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] change "nomail" to "normal" to resume messages. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindgamers/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
