Request for testers

[Barry Cooper <bjc3 at cornell_edu>]

Hello everyone,

I have to say that I think the discussions we have been having are 
valuable. I can't believe that the BOT haven't taken away some impressions 
from them. However, I think the arguments are starting to become repetitive 
and I detect a note of impatience, maybe even anger, creeping in. Maybe we 
need to take a breather from the discussion. If someone really feels they 
have something to say, by all means do so, but think about it. If you have 
already stated your position, maybe there is no point in restating it.

Now, on to something completely different. For some weeks the person who 
kindly hosts our list and I have been discussing switching our list from 
majordomo list server software to another called MailMan. The former is 
pretty arcane in terms of administration and the latter offers a number of 
advantages. Amongst those are much easier administration by the list admin 
(currently me), easier administration of email accounts for users, better 
bounce handling, and others. For example, users can switch themselves from 
individual message to digest format, suspend messages temporarily (while 
away etc.) and other things via a web interface. Messages that bounce are 
automatically unsubscribed according to rules set up by the list admin 
(e.g. if messages bounce more than 5 times, your address is put on a 
suspended list. You are automatically advised of such in periodic 
reminders. If nothing happens for a defined period, you are automatically 
unsubbed). All this would considerably decrease the burden on the list admin.

We have some concerns about switching killietalk cold, in case there are 
bugs in the system. Accordingly, we have set up a trial version, 
killietalk2. I would like about a dozen or so volunteers to subscribe to 
this list in order to test it. You can talk about anything you like, 
although I don't want the main business of the list to switch to there just 
yet. In other words, we will probably end up talking about the weather, and 
things like that. We just need help testing the system.

You can subscribe to this list by going to 
http://www.actwin.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/killietalk2. Note that the 
address for messages will be killietalk2 at actwin_com temporarily. When 
everything is working and we switch completely the old address will still 
work. So, I look forward to telling some of you how hot it has been in Oregon.

Barry

Barry J. Cooper, Prof. Emeritus, Dept. Biomedical Sciences, Cornell University
Adjunct faculty, College of Veterinary Medicine, Oregon State University
Home address: 27505 Riggs Hill Rd., Sweet Home, OR 97386 (bjc3 at cornell_edu)


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