[NSRCA-discussion] Mailing list server back online

[Derek Koopowitz]

Thanks for all the the great work, Tom!

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> On Jun 10, 2014, at 5:32 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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