[NSRCA-discussion] Mailing list server back online

[Jon Lowe]

Tom, 
Thanks for all you do.  Very much appreciated.

Jon

On Jun 10, 2014 4:32 PM, Tom Simes via NSRCA-discussion <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org> wrote:
>
>
> First, I would like to offer my sincere apologies for the list server 
> being offline. 
>
> TL;DR version, it's back, up to date with DMARC work arounds. 
>
> Details: 
>
> Due to the recent DMARC implementation by a number of larger email 
> providers, I needed to upgrade the mailing list software to avoid the 
> bounce/unsubscription issues many have been experiencing. 
>
> I had been slowly chipping away at the upgrades to bring the OS and 
> software up to date as time allowed, but didn't realize that one upgrade 
> which failed last Friday actually took the list software offline. 
>
> Once I discovered the outage yesterday, I pressed ahead with completing 
> the upgrades as quickly as work and family would allow. 
>
> The DMARC related changes have been implemented on all 34 mailing lists 
> I host.  In addition, I've removed prior DMARC related moderation and 
> bounce unsubscription from as many affected folks as I can identify. 
>
> Visible changes to list messages: 
>
> You'll note that the message FROM address will no longer be the 
> individual who actually sent the message, but rather the list server 
> itself.  Mailman tries to preserve the original sender ID in the from 
> text field and adds it to the reply-to: field as well.  For more detail, 
> see http://wiki.list.org/display/DEV/DMARC 
>
> We're using the Munge From option. 
>
> Again, my apologies and if you or someone you know of have questions or 
> problems, please let me know and I'll do my best to help in a timely manner. 
>
> -- 
> Tom 
>
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>
> Tom Simes                                       simestd at netexpress.com 
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