The new linux-il - a few tips to get you (re)started

[Shachar Shemesh]

Hi all,

As Ely wrote before, the list is now running on Mailman. Everyone's 
profiles should have been moved. Most of the following are relevant for 
any Mailman managed list, but I know things have been heated about these 
subjects here in the past, so I'll repeat some of them.

First, as you can see, the [Linux-il] subject has been removed. Ely and 
me agreed that keeping the status quo is the best course of action at 
this point in time. Unfortunately, Mailman does not allow this to be set 
per-recipient (and even if it did, things would still overflow when you 
reply, so this is probably WHY mailman does not allow it per-recipient). 
After proper discussion, if a consensus arises to bring it back, we will 
bring it back.

Linux-IL is a list with no added "reply-to list" header. You are kindly 
requested to hit "reply to all" when replying to postings arriving from 
the list. Don't worry about people getting two copies. When mailman 
notices that your email is in the "To" or "CC" list, it will refrain 
from sending you the mailing list's copy of the email (it will assume 
that you already received a copy), which means that you will NOT receive 
two copies of emails that belong to discussions you participate in.

Some people (myself included) like to receive two copies. This Mailman 
behavior is configurable on a per-user basis. Just log on to the user 
administration interface (link at the bottom of this email, as well as 
any email received from the list), and uncheck the "nodupes" option. At 
the moment, all users subscribing to the list, as well as all users 
already subscribed who did not perform this setting, have nodupes 
activated (i.e. - will not receive two copies when others hit "reply to 
all"). Hopefully, this will set the old "reply-to" argument to its final 
rest.

At the moment, the list is configured to send a password reminder once a 
month. Again, this can be switched off on a per-user basis from the same 
place.

I tried to cause mailman to send the headers that listserv used to send, 
to no avail. I'm afraid that anyone that relied on the list headers in 
order to filter the mail will have to update their filters. The Mailman 
headers are better in almost every respect, so this is more of a 
migration issue than anything else.

Also, Mailman keeps its own archives around. You can get them at 
http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/pipermail/linux-il/. They, obviously, start 
from the moment of the switch. All of the usual archives should continue 
to work as before.

That's about it. Enjoy the new system.

Shachar