On 3/24/16 5:29 AM, Eric Lease Morgan wrote:
Alas, the Code4Lib mailing list software will most likely need to be migrated
before the end of summer, and I’m proposing a number possible options for the
lists continued existence.
I have been managing the Code4Lib mailing list since its inception about twelve
years ago. This work has been both a privilege and an honor. The list itself
runs on top of the venerable LISTSERV application and is hosted by the
University of Notre Dame. The list includes about 3,500 subscribers, and
traffic very very rarely gets over fifty messages a day. But alas, University
support for LISTSERV is going away, and I believe the University wants to
migrate the whole kit and caboodle to Google Groups.
Muito obrigado!
Personally, I don’t like the idea of Code4Lib moving to Google Groups. Google
knows enough about me (us), and I don’t feel the need for them to know more.
Sure, moving to Google Groups includes a large convenience factor, but it also
means we have less control over our own computing environment, let alone our
data.
So, what do we (I) do? I see three options:
0. Let the mailing list die — Not really an option, in my opinion
1. Use Google Groups - Feasible, (probably) reliable, but with less control
2. Host it ourselves - More difficult, more responsibility, all but absolute
control
Again, personally, I like Option #2, and I would probably be willing to host
the list on my one of my computers, (and after a bit of DNS trickery) complete
with a code4lib.org domain.
I shivered a bit on this... ;-) even while understanding. Are you using
"my computers" in the generic sense? This isn't one of those "under my
desk servers is it?
What do y’all think? If we go with Option #2, then where might we host the
list, who might do the work, and what software might we use?
I will gladly host this Eric. While I have a mailman management
experience I am mostly indifferent to the tool we choose. I've never
done an import from Listserve(TM) so that will be an interesting one
given how I *think* it uses a proprietary format instead of mbox.
Cheers,
./fxk
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