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| Mailman 3 is a complete rewrite of the software, so there are many changes all over. | Mailman 3 is a complete rewrite of the software, so there are many changes all over. | ||
| - | ** NOTE: after switching to the new mail server, | + | Web interface: [[https://mailman.strw.leidenuniv.nl]] |
| + | **Mailman3 has accounts (and passwords) per user, in stead of list passwords to be shared between owners. The first time you visit the website, create an account using the e-mail address you use to subscribe to lists, and once logged in with that account, you will see all the lists you are a member of, and if you are a list owner or moderator, you will have access to the appropriate functionality as well. | ||
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| ===== Changes for users ===== | ===== Changes for users ===== | ||
| + | * Mailinglists are now working again, but addresses have changed. In order to avoid breaking normal mail, all mailinglists are now on the mailman.strw.leidenuniv.nl domain, so if your list was strwtest@strw.leidenuniv.nl it is now strwtest@mailman.strw.leidenuniv.nl . | ||
| + | * Web interface for members and list owners is at https:// | ||
| * users can still subscribe normally through e-mail, but they can also make an account on the site which will then be for all the lists they subscribe to on our server, to easily manage their settings. | * users can still subscribe normally through e-mail, but they can also make an account on the site which will then be for all the lists they subscribe to on our server, to easily manage their settings. | ||
| - | * actually, subscribing | + | * actually, subscribing |
| - | * for logged in users it is also possible to reply to a message in the archives | + | * for logged in users it is also possible to reply to a message in the archive pages |
| + | * due to the improved login and subscription system, spam to the lists will be reduced quite a bit, we hope | ||
| ==== Changes for list owners / managers ==== | ==== Changes for list owners / managers ==== | ||
| - | * Links to lists and archives are not preserved from the previous version. If you have external links to a list information page or to the list archives, these have to be updated. | + | * Links to lists and archives are not preserved from the previous version. Archives are imported, but the structure is different, so update your links. If you have external links to a list information page or to the list archives, these have to be updated. |
| - | * Access to private archives of a list is now based on a users subscription, | + | * Access to private archives of a list is now based on a users subscription, |
| - | * this makes it somewhat difficult to determine what to do with old archives from before the upgrade. | + | * To err on the safe side, all archives are imported, and all of them are now private, for list members only. |
| + | * if there are list archives that really need to be made public, we may be able to find a method. But please consider first if that is actually | ||
| + | * Note: lists that had not been used for more than 5 years have been discarded. If there is a real need for such a list (eg the archives | ||
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