Re: [CODE4LIB] code4lib mailing list

2016-07-13 Thread Eric Lease Morgan
> Alas, the Code4Lib mailing list software will most likely need to be migrated > before the end of summer… On Monday Wayne Graham (CLIR/DLF) and I are hoping to migrate the Code4Lib mailing list to a different domain. We don’t think any archives, subscriptions, nor preferences will ge

Re: [CODE4LIB] code4lib mailing list [clir]

2016-06-14 Thread Eric Lease Morgan
On Jun 7, 2016, at 10:11 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... >>

Re: [CODE4LIB] code4lib mailing list [dlf]

2016-06-07 Thread Eric Lease Morgan
On May 12, 2016, at 8:30 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... > > Our list — Code

Re: [CODE4LIB] code4lib mailing list [dlf]

2016-05-11 Thread Eric Lease Morgan
On Mar 24, 2016, at 10:29 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... Our list — Code4Lib — will be migrati

Re: [CODE4LIB] code4lib mailing list [domain]

2016-03-28 Thread Ranti Junus
I, too, have no preference in branding. Regarding DLF's offer to host the list, I think that's a good idea too (thank you, Bethany!) thanks, ranti. On Mon, Mar 28, 2016 at 12:02 PM, William Denton wrote: > On 27 March 2016, Eric Lease Morgan wrote: > > Everybody, please share with the rest of

Re: [CODE4LIB] code4lib mailing list [domain]

2016-03-28 Thread William Denton
On 27 March 2016, Eric Lease Morgan wrote: Everybody, please share with the rest of us your opinion about our mailing list’s domain. This need to move from the University of Notre Dame is a possible opportunity to have our list come from the cod4lib.org domain. For example, the address of the

Re: [CODE4LIB] code4lib mailing list [domain]

2016-03-28 Thread Childs, Riley
+1 On Mar 27, 2016 23:51, "Stuart A. Yeates" wrote: > On Monday, 28 March 2016, Mark Sandford wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > Everybody, please share with the rest of us your opinion about our > > mailing > > > list’s domain. This need to move from the University of Notre Dame is a > > > possib

Re: [CODE4LIB] code4lib mailing list [domain]

2016-03-27 Thread Stuart A. Yeates
On Monday, 28 March 2016, Mark Sandford wrote: > > > > > > > > Everybody, please share with the rest of us your opinion about our > mailing > > list’s domain. This need to move from the University of Notre Dame is a > > possible opportunity to have our list come from the cod4lib.org domain. > > F

Re: [CODE4LIB] code4lib mailing list [domain]

2016-03-27 Thread Mark Sandford
> > > > Everybody, please share with the rest of us your opinion about our mailing > list’s domain. This need to move from the University of Notre Dame is a > possible opportunity to have our list come from the cod4lib.org domain. > For example, the address of the list might become > code4...@lists

Re: [CODE4LIB] code4lib mailing list [domain]

2016-03-27 Thread Eric Lease Morgan
On Mar 25, 2016, at 1:24 PM, Bethany Nowviskie wrote: > Dear all — I’ve been getting this as a digest, so apologies that I’m only > seeing the thread on the future of the mailing list now! > > CLIR/DLF is running the same version of ye olde LISTSERV as Notre Dame, to > support DLF-ANNOUNCE, so

Re: [CODE4LIB] code4lib mailing list

2016-03-25 Thread Chad Nelson
First off, thank you Eric for all of the work over the years supporting this listserv. I really like Bethany's proposal for CLIR/DLF to host and migrate. Support from the highest level of DLF combined with organization experience running the software sounds like the most sustainable plan I have he

Re: [CODE4LIB] code4lib mailing list

2016-03-25 Thread Shaun D. Ellis
Thank you, Bethany! I am in full support of this. DLF++ -Shaun > On Mar 25, 2016, at 8:24 AM, Bethany Nowviskie wrote: > > Dear all — I’ve been getting this as a digest, so apologies that I’m only > seeing the thread on the future of the mailing list now! > > CLIR/DLF is running the same vers

Re: [CODE4LIB] code4lib mailing list

2016-03-25 Thread Bethany Nowviskie
Dear all — I’ve been getting this as a digest, so apologies that I’m only seeing the thread on the future of the mailing list now! CLIR/DLF is running the same version of ye olde LISTSERV as Notre Dame, to support DLF-ANNOUNCE, some of our working group lists, and (now) all of the discussion li

Re: [CODE4LIB] code4lib mailing list

2016-03-24 Thread Shearer, Timothy
our long term efforts and work on starting and >continuing the mailing list. > >On Thu, Mar 24, 2016 at 2:29 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 numbe

Re: [CODE4LIB] code4lib mailing list

2016-03-24 Thread Thomas Krichel
Cary Gordon writes > You can get enough server for this from AWS for $5-10/mo. The problem is not the ram or the disk space. It's in the policy issues around email. Many organizations have outsourced their email to gmail these days. I doubt "enough server" was the deciding factor. --

Re: [CODE4LIB] code4lib mailing list

2016-03-24 Thread Matt Sherman
Sounds like a reasonable plan, so we might as well give it a shot. Thanks for all your hard work on this. On Thu, Mar 24, 2016 at 4:28 PM, Cary Gordon wrote: > You can get enough server for this from AWS for $5-10/mo. > > Cary > > > On Mar 24, 2016, at 1:13 PM, Thomas Krichel wrote: > > > > P

Re: [CODE4LIB] code4lib mailing list

2016-03-24 Thread Eric Lease Morgan
Regarding the mailing list, here is what I propose to do: 1. Upgrade my virtual server to include more RAM and disk space. 2. Install and configure Mailman. 3. Ask people to subscribe to a bogus list so I/we can practice. 4. Evaluate. 5. If evaluation is successful, then migrate subscrib

Re: [CODE4LIB] code4lib mailing list

2016-03-24 Thread Cary Gordon
You can get enough server for this from AWS for $5-10/mo. Cary > On Mar 24, 2016, at 1:13 PM, Thomas Krichel wrote: > > Paul Hoffman writes > >> If you're interested, Eric, I have some experience with Mailman (though >> not with Listserv) and would be happy if I can -- I have some scripts to

Re: [CODE4LIB] code4lib mailing list

2016-03-24 Thread Thomas Krichel
Paul Hoffman writes > If you're interested, Eric, I have some experience with Mailman (though > not with Listserv) and would be happy if I can -- I have some scripts to > do bulk operations (add or remove subscribers, etc.) and could also help > to migrate the list archive. I find that thi

Re: [CODE4LIB] code4lib mailing list

2016-03-24 Thread Cynthia Ng
While I have little to add to what others have already said, I do want to add my thanks for your long term efforts and work on starting and continuing the mailing list. On Thu, Mar 24, 2016 at 2:29 AM, Eric Lease Morgan wrote: > Alas, the Code4Lib mailing list software will most likely need

Re: [CODE4LIB] code4lib mailing list

2016-03-24 Thread Cary Gordon
gan 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 abou

Re: [CODE4LIB] code4lib mailing list

2016-03-24 Thread Christian Pietsch
On Thu, Mar 24, 2016 at 10:39:03AM -0400, Ranti Junus wrote: > Mailman is easy to administer, but it has a huge caveat: when a user > request a password (reminder, etc.), it sends it as an email in plain text. Fortunately, list administrators can disable the monthly password reminder. Site adminin

Re: [CODE4LIB] code4lib mailing list

2016-03-24 Thread Paul Cummins
I have been on mailman lists, like Fedora Linux, for ages and any command that a user or other can do with the "password" that is sent through mail is also verified by an email. So, someone could try to make your list user recieve a digest or quit the list, etc. but it wouldn't happen if you d

Re: [CODE4LIB] code4lib mailing list

2016-03-24 Thread Andromeda Yelton
On Thu, Mar 24, 2016 at 10:39 AM, Ranti Junus wrote: > Thank you, Eric, for the heads up and your guardianships... > > Mailman is easy to administer, but it has a huge caveat: when a user > request a password (reminder, etc.), it sends it as an email in plain text. Yikes! However, this is no l

Re: [CODE4LIB] code4lib mailing list

2016-03-24 Thread David Jones
On Thu, Mar 24, 2016 at 6:37 AM, Paul Hoffman wrote: > No mention of e-mail at all. If I were an Innovative user I would say > "No thanks!". The Demo shows that it's possible to subscribe to instantaneous email messages for new posts: http://easydiscuss.stackideas.com/ HTH, David -- David J

Re: [CODE4LIB] code4lib mailing list

2016-03-24 Thread Becky Yoose
those roles. Thank you for your service :cD If folks can guarantee long term stable hosting and support for Mailman, I would be more than happy to vote for that choice. Cheers, Becky On Thu, Mar 24, 2016 at 2:29 AM, Eric Lease Morgan wrote: > Alas, the Code4Lib mailing list software will m

Re: [CODE4LIB] code4lib mailing list

2016-03-24 Thread Harper, Cynthia
Libraries [mailto:CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] On Behalf Of Paul Hoffman Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2016 9:37 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] code4lib mailing list On Thu, Mar 24, 2016 at 01:17:52PM +, Harper, Cynthia wrote: > It was just announced at the Innovative Users

Re: [CODE4LIB] code4lib mailing list

2016-03-24 Thread Ranti Junus
Kayiwa wrote: > 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 hav

Re: [CODE4LIB] code4lib mailing list

2016-03-24 Thread Francis Kayiwa
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

Re: [CODE4LIB] code4lib mailing list

2016-03-24 Thread Michael Berkowski
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, Likewise, I can recommend Mailman. I was the admin of a Mailman server supporting a few dozen lists while at Minitex and found it to be really robust. It has somewhat fewer subscriber options than Listserv if I recall, but the web UI is orders

Re: [CODE4LIB] code4lib mailing list

2016-03-24 Thread Andromeda Yelton
Thank you for the heads-up, the previous work, and the offer of future work. I second mailman - it seems to have a good community and continues active development. On Thu, Mar 24, 2016 at 5:29 AM, Eric Lease Morgan wrote: > Alas, the Code4Lib mailing list software will most likely need to

Re: [CODE4LIB] code4lib mailing list

2016-03-24 Thread Jason Bengtson
; > -Shaun > > > On Mar 24, 2016, at 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.

Re: [CODE4LIB] code4lib mailing list

2016-03-24 Thread Paul Hoffman
: Thursday, March 24, 2016 9:06 AM > To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] code4lib mailing list > > Yeah, I like option two as well. I could live with option one if need be, but > like Matt and Eric I'm not that keen on Google data mining the list. > &g

Re: [CODE4LIB] code4lib mailing list

2016-03-24 Thread Shaun D. Ellis
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. T

Re: [CODE4LIB] code4lib mailing list

2016-03-24 Thread Paul Hoffman
On Thu, Mar 24, 2016 at 10:29:20AM +0100, 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 managi

Re: [CODE4LIB] code4lib mailing list

2016-03-24 Thread Harper, Cynthia
: Thursday, March 24, 2016 9:06 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] code4lib mailing list Yeah, I like option two as well. I could live with option one if need be, but like Matt and Eric I'm not that keen on Google data mining the list. Best regards, *Jason Bengtson, MLI

Re: [CODE4LIB] code4lib mailing list

2016-03-24 Thread Jason Bengtson
bengt...@ksu.edu www.jasonbengtson.com On Thu, Mar 24, 2016 at 7:38 AM, Matt Sherman wrote: > I have no technical answers to the questions you pose, but I second Option > #2. > > On Thu, Mar 24, 2016 at 5:29 AM, Eric Lease Morgan wrote: > > > Alas, the Code4Lib mailing list

Re: [CODE4LIB] code4lib mailing list

2016-03-24 Thread Childs, Riley
I would suggest Mailman: https://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/ ./r On Mar 24, 2016 05:29, "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

Re: [CODE4LIB] code4lib mailing list

2016-03-24 Thread Matt Sherman
I have no technical answers to the questions you pose, but I second Option #2. On Thu, Mar 24, 2016 at 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 > op

[CODE4LIB] code4lib mailing list

2016-03-24 Thread Eric Lease Morgan
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

[CODE4LIB] mailing list administratativia

2014-07-09 Thread Eric Lease Morgan
This is mailing list administratativia. I don’t know why, but the subscription base seem to now increase by two or three a day. I guess this is a good day. Maybe I ought to visualize this. Hmmm... —ELM

Re: [CODE4LIB] mailing list administratativia

2014-06-09 Thread Simon Spero
On Mon, Jun 9, 2014 at 10:30 AM, Eric Hellman wrote: > I assume you've discovered the word is usually spelled "administrivia". > > It's fun making up words. My latest is "bibliopotheosis" > It's also handy when the OED adds them too - less need to update local spell check files on new machines.

Re: [CODE4LIB] mailing list administratativia

2014-06-09 Thread Karen Coyle
Mine is "bibliounitarian" -- for those who believe in a single record model for bibliographic data, as opposed to biblioquatritarians (FRBR-ites) or biblioduotarians (Bibframers). kc On 6/9/14, 3:30 PM, Eric Hellman wrote: I assume you've discovered the word is usually spelled "administrivia"

Re: [CODE4LIB] mailing list administratativia

2014-06-09 Thread Eric Hellman
I assume you've discovered the word is usually spelled "administrivia". It's fun making up words. My latest is "bibliopotheosis" On May 29, 2014, at 10:23 AM, Eric Lease Morgan wrote: > * Apparently “administratativia” is a word of my own design because a search > of it in Google returns only

[CODE4LIB] Fwd: [CODE4LIB] mailing list administratativia

2014-06-04 Thread [Becky Yoose]
A reminder. Begin forwarded message: > From: Eric Lease Morgan > Date: May 29, 2014 at 9:23:31 AM CDT > To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU > Subject: [CODE4LIB] mailing list administratativia > Reply-To: Code for Libraries > > This is some mailing list administratativia.* &g

[CODE4LIB] mailing list administratativia

2014-05-29 Thread Eric Lease Morgan
This is some mailing list administratativia.* Buried deep in the dark (unindexed by Google) Web is a paragraph describing the purpose of the Code4Lib mailing list: The purpose of the Code4Lib mailing is to provide a forum for discussing the use of computers in libraries, usually in the form

[CODE4LIB] mailing list administratativa

2014-05-15 Thread Eric Lease Morgan
Here is the tiniest bit of mailing list administratativa: the list now contains close two 2,800 subscribers, and based on my antidotal observations, it subscription size increase by approximately five new subscriptions per week. I think we have a strong, vibrant, and growing community. —ELM

Re: [CODE4LIB] mailing list observations

2012-12-03 Thread Rosalyn Metz
alright. but only because an absurdly large part of me is annoyed that we only got 299 responses, I kept hoping for one more person to make it to 300. On Mon, Dec 3, 2012 at 2:17 PM, Eric Lease Morgan wrote: > On Dec 3, 2012, at 2:15 PM, Rosalyn Metz wrote: > > > Yay! We had a 13.2% response

Re: [CODE4LIB] mailing list observations

2012-12-03 Thread Eric Lease Morgan
On Dec 3, 2012, at 2:15 PM, Rosalyn Metz wrote: > Yay! We had a 13.2% response rate. Please send the URL of the survey out to the mailing list at least one more time. I'm sure you will get at least one more resonant, me. --Earache

Re: [CODE4LIB] mailing list observations

2012-12-03 Thread Rosalyn Metz
m hoping that we got a decent sample > size. > > There are 2,250 subscribers to the Code4Lib mailing list. "Long live > Code4Lib" (That sort of rhymes.) --ELM >

Re: [CODE4LIB] mailing list observations

2012-12-03 Thread Eric Lease Morgan
> Can you tell me how many people are on the list? I'm curious for the > results of the gender survey. I'm hoping that we got a decent sample size. There are 2,250 subscribers to the Code4Lib mailing list. "Long live Code4Lib" (That sort of rhymes.) --ELM

Re: [CODE4LIB] mailing list observations

2012-12-03 Thread Rosalyn Metz
Hey Eric, Can you tell me how many people are on the list? I'm curious for the results of the gender survey. I'm hoping that we got a decent sample size. Rosalyn On Mon, Dec 3, 2012 at 1:33 PM, Eric Lease Morgan wrote: > As the Code4Lib LISTSERV manager, I am able to make a number of antido

[CODE4LIB] mailing list observations

2012-12-03 Thread Eric Lease Morgan
As the Code4Lib LISTSERV manager, I am able to make a number of antidotal mailing list observations from the past few weeks: * The volume of mailing list traffic always surges just before the annual meeting, but the conversation this time around was much broader than in previous years. This t

[CODE4LIB] mailing list home page

2012-10-22 Thread Eric Lease Morgan
For better or for worse, one the many Code4Lib Mailing List Home Pages, has been moved to the following address because the host where it resided is all but defunct - http://dh.crc.nd.edu/sandbox/mailing-lists/code4lib/ FYI -- Eric Lease Morgan Hesburgh Libraries University of Notre Dame 574

Re: [CODE4LIB] mailing list

2011-05-31 Thread Thomas Bennett
If I may be so bold, if users would start the subject with a period and main topic, ie: .CONTENTdm Then in the case started here it would be [CODE4LIB].CONTENTdm Is there a (current) CONTENTdm support group? could easily be filtered on [CODE4LIB].CONTENTdm or just .CONTENTdm or .xforms, .solr

Re: [CODE4LIB] mailing list

2011-05-31 Thread Nate Vack
On Sat, May 28, 2011 at 10:32 AM, Ethan Gruber wrote: > True, but I'm hesitant to post mundane bits of code that are irrelevant to > most of the user base here.  It may be worth discussing XForms in more > detail on code4lib, though, since the xforms4lib list never quite took off > with only a han

Re: [CODE4LIB] mailing list

2011-05-28 Thread Ethan Gruber
you post this as I'm right at the beginning of looking at Omeka > > and was thinking of posting a query somewhere [?] to see if anyone has > > done a recent product comparison. > > > Just a couple of things regarding the Code4Lib mailing list. First, the > list membership c

[CODE4LIB] mailing list

2011-05-28 Thread Eric Lease Morgan
; and was thinking of posting a query somewhere [?] to see if anyone has > done a recent product comparison. Just a couple of things regarding the Code4Lib mailing list. First, the list membership continues to grow at a constant rate, about one or two people every two or three days. The m

Re: [CODE4LIB] mailing list administratativia

2010-10-27 Thread Eric Hellman
ies [mailto:code4...@listserv.nd.edu] On Behalf Of Eric > Hellman > Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2010 5:58 PM > To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] mailing list administratativia > > I vote for changing the limit threshold to > > PI * (eventual le

Re: [CODE4LIB] mailing list administratativia

2010-10-27 Thread Ethan Gruber
hat it has to be a rational number. > >>> > >>> -Original Message- > >>> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:code4...@listserv.nd.edu] On Behalf > Of > >>> Eric > >>> Hellman > >>> Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2010 5:58 PM > >

Re: [CODE4LIB] mailing list administratativia

2010-10-27 Thread Mike Taylor
hink the constraint is that it has to be a rational number. >>> >>> -Original Message- >>> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:code4...@listserv.nd.edu] On Behalf Of >>> Eric >>> Hellman >>> Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2010 5:58 PM >>>

Re: [CODE4LIB] mailing list administratativia

2010-10-27 Thread Peter Murray
>> I think the constraint is that it has to be a rational number. >> >> -Original Message- >> From: Code for Libraries [mailto:code4...@listserv.nd.edu] On Behalf Of >> Eric >> Hellman >> Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2010 5:58 PM >> To: CODE4

Re: [CODE4LIB] mailing list administratativia

2010-10-27 Thread David Fiander
riginal Message- > From: Code for Libraries [mailto:code4...@listserv.nd.edu] On Behalf Of > Eric > Hellman > Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2010 5:58 PM > To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] mailing list administratativia > > I vote for changing the lim

Re: [CODE4LIB] mailing list administratativia

2010-10-27 Thread Fowler, Jason
tional number. > >-Original Message- >From: Code for Libraries [mailto:code4...@listserv.nd.edu] On Behalf Of >Eric >Hellman >Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2010 5:58 PM >To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU >Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] mailing list administratativia > >I vote for cha

Re: [CODE4LIB] mailing list administratativia

2010-10-27 Thread Ray Denenberg, Library of Congress
I think the constraint is that it has to be a rational number. -Original Message- From: Code for Libraries [mailto:code4...@listserv.nd.edu] On Behalf Of Eric Hellman Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2010 5:58 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] mailing list

Re: [CODE4LIB] mailing list administratativia

2010-10-27 Thread Eric Hellman
I vote for changing the limit threshold to PI * (eventual length of this meta-thread). On Oct 27, 2010, at 3:37 PM, Alexander Johannesen wrote: > On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 2:44 AM, Doran, Michael D wrote: >> Can that limit threshold be raised? If so, are there reasons why it should >>

Re: [CODE4LIB] mailing list administratativia

2010-10-27 Thread Alexander Johannesen
On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 6:58 AM, Chris Fitzpatrick wrote: > +1 to the  "this discussion is really depressing me"  camp. Ok, ok, I get the message. This is no place to voice strong opinions about bad library tech, and my (different, but not bad) language nor stance (contrarian, but not accusatory

Re: [CODE4LIB] mailing list administratativia

2010-10-27 Thread Truitt, Marc
FWIW, the "daily-threshold" limit on a LISTSERV(tm) list can easily be set to any value by the listowner; it can also be manually overridden by the owner in specific cases with a "release" command (which retains the limit but allows continued distribution on the day the limit is reached). Using th

Re: [CODE4LIB] mailing list administratativia

2010-10-27 Thread Alexander Johannesen
On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 6:53 AM, Jonathan Rochkind wrote: > Pretty sure it wasn't depressing to the vast majority of the listserv > audience.  That was/is a discussion that benefited from a "timeout period", > like you give the pre-schoolers. Given we're adults, and not in pre-school, I disagree.

Re: [CODE4LIB] mailing list administratativia

2010-10-27 Thread Michael J. Giarlo
I'd like to once again point out the 50-message limit, and the fact that this thread is rapidly chewing through that 50. Surely there are some "code" or "lib" topics folks want to discuss. -Mike

Re: [CODE4LIB] mailing list administratativia

2010-10-27 Thread Chris Fitzpatrick
+1 to the "this discussion is really depressing me" camp. On Oct 27, 2010, at 12:53 PM, Jonathan Rochkind wrote: Alexander Johannesen wrote: Is it to throttle spam or something? 50 seems rather low, and it's rather depressing to have a lively discussion throttled like that. Not Pre

Re: [CODE4LIB] mailing list administratativia

2010-10-27 Thread Jonathan Rochkind
Alexander Johannesen wrote: Is it to throttle spam or something? 50 seems rather low, and it's rather depressing to have a lively discussion throttled like that. Not Pretty sure it wasn't depressing to the vast majority of the listserv audience. That was/is a discussion that benefited f

Re: [CODE4LIB] mailing list administratativia

2010-10-27 Thread Peter Murray
I believe the software documentation suggests a limit to put a stop to mail loops. Peter On Oct 27, 2010, at 3:37 PM, Alexander Johannesen wrote: > > On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 2:44 AM, Doran, Michael D wrote: >> Can that limit threshold be raised? If so, are there reasons why it should >> not

Re: [CODE4LIB] mailing list administratativia

2010-10-27 Thread Alexander Johannesen
On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 2:44 AM, Doran, Michael D wrote: > Can that limit threshold be raised?  If so, are there reasons why it should > not be raised? Is it to throttle spam or something? 50 seems rather low, and it's rather depressing to have a lively discussion throttled like that. Not to men

[CODE4LIB] mailing list administratativia

2010-10-27 Thread Eric Lease Morgan
This is a tiny bit of mailing list administratativia: 1) there are about 1,500 hundred of us 2) we are from all over the world 3) the largest group is from gmail.com 4) the mailing list is configured to stop processing after 50 message are sent in one day 5) 50 messages were sent on

[CODE4LIB] mailing list home page

2009-10-28 Thread Eric Lease Morgan
I have resurrected a home page for our mailing list. See: http://dewey.library.nd.edu/mailing-lists/code4lib/ No great shakes. Just providing some simple instructions. FYI. BTW, there are about 1,300 of us. -- Eric Morgan University of Notre Dame

[CODE4LIB] mailing list administratativa

2009-04-02 Thread Eric Lease Morgan
This is a bit of mailing list administratativa. First, the list turned itself off yesterday because we exceeded the 50 messages/day limit. Hmmm... I have turned the list back on. Second, you can manage your subscription at the following URL. You might want to turn on digest mode: http:/

[CODE4LIB] mailing list administratativia

2008-08-13 Thread Eric Lease Morgan
Here is a bit of Code4Lib mailing list administratativia. First of all, our membership is now over a thousand people. While the NGC4Lib mailing list has more subscribers, the Code4Lib mailing lists grows at a steady and constant rate. The growth of the NGC4Lib list has s l o o o w e d

[CODE4LIB] mailing list administratativia

2008-03-19 Thread Eric Lease Morgan
This is a bit of mailing list administratativia. Specifically, there was a rogue mail server in France that seems to have been redirecting mail back to our list. This was causing many duplicate postings. Weird. The address our postings were being sent to has been removed from the subscription lis

Re: [CODE4LIB] mailing list administratativia

2007-04-02 Thread Eric Lease Morgan
On Apr 2, 2007, at 11:19 AM, Eric Lease Morgan wrote: http://listserv.nd.edu/archives/code4lib.html I have restored the Code4Lib Mailing List home page, see: http://dewey.library.nd.edu/mailing-lists/code4lib/ Thank you for bringing its disappearance to my attention. Archives of the list

[CODE4LIB] mailing list administratativia

2007-04-02 Thread Eric Lease Morgan
I am not ignoring y'all, really, and here is some mailing list administratativia. There are many versions of the archives. Think, "Lot's of copies keep stuff safe". The one-stop-shop interface to just about everything where you can change your subscription options, even though it is painfully s

[CODE4LIB] code4lib mailing list archves

2005-10-09 Thread Eric Lease Morgan
For a good time, I have been playing with a new version of the code4lib mailing list archives: http://dewey.library.nd.edu/mailing-lists/code4lib/mail/ There you will find the (re-)beginnings of a browsable and searchable collection of our postings along with all of the guts that make it