From britdisc-owner@csv.warwick.ac.uk Thu May 30 17:06:10 2002 Received: from sorrel.csv.warwick.ac.uk (root@sorrel [137.205.192.54]) by pansy.csv.warwick.ac.uk (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g4UFwAI04065 for <suaaz@mail.csv.warwick.ac.uk>; Thu, 30 May 2002 16:58:10 +0100 (BST) Received: from agave.csv.warwick.ac.uk (root@agave [137.205.192.52]) by sorrel.csv.warwick.ac.uk (8.12.0/8.12.0) with ESMTP id g4UFrFqL020739; Thu, 30 May 2002 16:53:15 +0100 (BST) Received: from agave.csv.warwick.ac.uk (daemon@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by agave.csv.warwick.ac.uk (8.12.0/8.12.0) with ESMTP id g4UFm5QR008167 for <britdisc-outgoing@agave.csv.warwick.ac.uk>; Thu, 30 May 2002 16:48:05 +0100 (BST) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by agave.csv.warwick.ac.uk (8.12.0/8.12.0/Submit) id g4UFm4u1008166 for britdisc-outgoing; Thu, 30 May 2002 16:48:04 +0100 (BST) Received: from pootle.near.me.uk (pootle.near.me.uk [212.250.92.156]) by agave.csv.warwick.ac.uk (8.12.0/8.12.0) with ESMTP id g4UFm4QR008161 for <britdisc-real@majordomo.csv.warwick.ac.uk>; Thu, 30 May 2002 16:48:04 +0100 (BST) Received: from pootle.near.me.uk (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by pootle.near.me.uk (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g4UEk1V11635; Thu, 30 May 2002 15:46:01 +0100 Received: from ai (pc2-cove2-4-cust146.bir.cable.ntl.com [80.4.79.146]) by pootle.near.me.uk (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id g4UEjgV11618 for <britdisc@near.me.uk>; Thu, 30 May 2002 15:45:42 +0100 From: "Ranulf Doswell" <ralf@ranulf.net> To: <britdisc@near.me.uk> Message-ID: <JAEFIBPBNJKPOKOIDEMMOEMMCOAA.ralf@ranulf.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6700 Subject: [BD] britdisc mailing has moved X-BeenThere: britdisc@near.me.uk X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 List-Help: <mailto:britdisc-request@near.me.uk?subject=help> List-Post: <mailto:britdisc@near.me.uk> List-Subscribe: <http://pootle.near.me.uk/mailman/listinfo/britdisc>, <mailto:britdisc-request@near.me.uk?subject=subscribe> List-Id: Information about UK disc sports <britdisc.near.me.uk> List-Unsubscribe: <http://pootle.near.me.uk/mailman/listinfo/britdisc>, <mailto:britdisc-request@near.me.uk?subject=unsubscribe> List-Archive: <http://pootle.near.me.uk/mailman/private/britdisc/> Date: Thu, 30 May 2002 16:47:44 +0100 Sender: owner-britdisc@warwick.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Dear all, As many of you probably know, BritDisc has been running at the University of Warwick, ever since I set it up in 1996. Officially, the list should have been closed down when I ceased to be employed by the university, except for the fact that Dave "Sammy" Neilson kindly agreed to look after it whilst I went travelling in Australia. The university asked me to move to list somewhere else now that Sammy is leaving for New Zealand and no-one else employed by the University wants to take it over. It is also true that there are a lot of "dead" e-mail addresses subscribed to BritDisc which is creating somewhat of an administrative chaos. If you have been following the sporadic discussions on BritDisc about the mailing list, you will see that there has been general uncertainty about where to move the list as well as a number of complaints about missing features, such as message digests. Since then, I have started a project which required setting up permanent a internet connection, and so I have full access to a machine which is able to host britdisc adequately. I have taken the opportunity to migrate to newer mailing list software that should be able to clean itself of "dead" addresses more easily, and so I have started to move BritDisc onto the new server (hence the occasional test messages you may have seen). Features of the new list ------------------------ If you prefer to receive BritDisc in digest form, this is now possible. People using the e-groups digest facility should move over to using this digest system if they wish to be able to post messages. Posting to the new mailing list will be restricted to subscribers only. Initially, this will not be enforced to ease migration, but this will be enforced after the migration period. There is a web interface available to manage your account. You can modify your settings, for instance whether you receive a digest instead of individual messages, and also temporarily suspend the account, for instance whilst on holiday. You will receive a monthly password reminder, which contains information about how to unsubscribe and how to access the archive pages, etc. How to use the new list ----------------------- To subscribe to the list, you can either send a mail to britdisc-request@near.me.uk with the subject "subscribe" or by clicking here: mailto:britdisc-request@near.me.uk?subject=subscribe Alternatively, you may prefer to subscribe from the web interface by clicking here: http://pootle.near.me.uk/mailman/listinfo/britdisc To post to the list, please use the NEW address britdisc@near.me.uk It is suggested that you also unsubscribe yourself from the old list - to do that send a mail to majordomo@csv.warwick.ac.uk with the line "unsubscribe britdisc" in the message body. I will also be periodically removing new subscribers from the old list. After a transitional period, anyone who is still subscribed to the old list will be unsubscribed from britdisc completely. I am preferring an "opt-in" to the new list, as there are many, many dead addresses subscribed. The BritDisc archive will be moved to a new home, and will also be made searchable. This will be announced more formally on completion. If you currently use a mail filter, you are advised to change your rules to look at one of the following headers: Sender: britdisc-admin@near.me.uk X-BeenThere: britdisc@near.me.uk List-Id: Information about UK disc sports <britdisc.near.me.uk> If you have any questions regarding BritDisc, please feel free to e-mail me at britdisc-owner@near.me.uk Thanks for your attention, and finally thanks to Sammy for looking after the list for a lot longer than I originally persuaded him to! Cheers, Ralf. __________________________________________________ BritDisc mailing list BritDisc@near.me.uk http://pootle.near.me.uk/mailman/listinfo/britdisc