[LINK] LINK TECH IS DYING .. IDEAS ?

[Ivan Trundle]

Last time I looked, I could only find 9 public lists on ANU’s mailman. It’s either because that’s all there is, or the rest are private (Link is not listed, so I expect the latter).

https://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo

Sysadmins control ANU’s Mailman - but I’ve yet to discover a real person to respond to my emails.

I’m a veteran Mailman sysadmin, but as a general rule, offering those powers to list admins is a bad thing to do, and can cause issues across all lists. I wouldn’t offer the list admin password to everyone, either - too much can be broken, and we have no backups.

The fact that Mailman hasn’t been updated (v2.1.15 - v3.3.10 is available today) tells me it’s dying software sitting on a forgotten server - but I could be wrong, and there may well be a bunch of vibrant communities using it daily.

Warmly
iT



> On 8 Nov 2024, at 9:32 am, David <dlochrin at aussiebb.com.au> wrote:
> 
> On 5/11/24 00:04, Stephen Loosley wrote:
>> It's waay beyond me, and I expect perhaps also beyond current ANU techies?
>> We need to do something soon dear ladies and gents, or else link won't link?
> 
> Stephen, I undertand ANU own and provide for the general care & feeding of Link's server, and I presume other groups are (or were) also hosted there.  Is that so?
> 
> _David Lochrin_
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