From britdisc-owner@csv.warwick.ac.uk Thu Jun 13 10:13:00 2002 Received: from woodruff.csv.warwick.ac.uk (root@woodruff [137.205.192.58]) by pansy.csv.warwick.ac.uk (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g5D9Cxe00780 for <suaaz@mail.csv.warwick.ac.uk>; Thu, 13 Jun 2002 10:12:59 +0100 (BST) Received: from agave.csv.warwick.ac.uk (root@agave [137.205.192.52]) by woodruff.csv.warwick.ac.uk (8.12.0/8.12.0) with ESMTP id g5D9CQGH011741; Thu, 13 Jun 2002 10:12:26 +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 g5D96NQR005633 for <britdisc-outgoing@agave.csv.warwick.ac.uk>; Thu, 13 Jun 2002 10:06:23 +0100 (BST) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by agave.csv.warwick.ac.uk (8.12.0/8.12.0/Submit) id g5D96Nua005632 for britdisc-outgoing; Thu, 13 Jun 2002 10:06:23 +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 g5D96MQR005627 for <britdisc-real@majordomo.csv.warwick.ac.uk>; Thu, 13 Jun 2002 10:06:22 +0100 (BST) Received: (from bdforward2@localhost) by pootle.near.me.uk (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g5D87WL30137 for britdisc-real@majordomo.csv.warwick.ac.uk; Thu, 13 Jun 2002 09:07:32 +0100 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 g5D7p2C30059; Thu, 13 Jun 2002 08:51:02 +0100 Received: from ai (pc1-cove2-4-cust189.bir.cable.ntl.com [80.4.78.189]) by pootle.near.me.uk (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id g5D7obC30041 for <britdisc@near.me.uk>; Thu, 13 Jun 2002 08:50:37 +0100 From: "BritDisc Administrator" <britdisc-owner@ranulf.net> To: <britdisc@near.me.uk> Message-ID: <JAEFIBPBNJKPOKOIDEMMGEGJCPAA.britdisc-owner@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] Final reminder 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, 13 Jun 2002 09:49:29 +0100 Sender: owner-britdisc@warwick.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Hello! Just sending a final reminder to everyone who's still using the original BritDisc. The original mailing list will be closed down at the end of next week, so anyone who has not transferred over to using the new list will stop receiving BritDisc mail. They will be sent a final final reminder message then, to explain that they are unsubscribed, but that's all. This does not affect those using e-groups to receive the "britdisc daily" as I am working with Lawrence to move all active subscribers over automatically towards the middle of next week. However, if you want to change over yourself in readiness, that's fine. Remember also, that from the end of next week, you MUST use the new mailing list address to post, i.e. use: britdisc@near.me.uk The old address, britdisc@csv.warwick.ac.uk, will be set up to return an error message. The original posting is below - this contains information about how to subscribe to the new BritDisc, as well as how to unsubscribe from the old BritDisc. One last thing - I've noticed that at some point the old mailing list was subscribed to by a mail archiving program. As this has shown up in search engines, etc, I'll make sure that address stays subscribed to the new list. If you're interested, you can find these archives at http://www.mail-archive.com/britdisc%40near.me.uk/ and http://www.mail-archive.com/britdisc%40csv.warwick.ac.uk/ for older messages. Note, though, that these are not complete archives and I am still working on "official" archives. Cheers, Ralf. ======================= 8< -------------------------------- 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 __________________________________________________ BritDisc mailing list BritDisc@near.me.uk http://pootle.near.me.uk/mailman/listinfo/britdisc