[wplug-board] Welcome and e-mail alias discussion

[Jim]

I asked Mike for JimHarris at wplug because I am on the board.  I am not  
going beyond that and when I decide to not participate, then I hope it  
will be removed.  Jim

On Mon, 22 Nov 2010 15:49:37 -0500, Vance Kochenderfer <vkochend at nyx.net>  
wrote:

> Hello all-
>
> The list membership has been changed to reflect the new board.
> <wplug-board at wplug.org> should be your first resort when
> discussing board matters.  All messages to the list are archived
> and public <http://www.wplug.org/pipermail/wplug-board/> so that
> there is transparency to our decision making.  Messages containing
> personal or sensitive information should not be posted to the list.
>
> To initiate our first discussion, let me bring in something Beth
> Lynn asked off-list.
>
> On Sun, Nov 21, 2010 at 5:02 AM, Beth Lynn Eicher <bethlynn at wplug.org>  
> wrote:
>> Dear Mike,
>>
>> Do you still have root on wplug's server? If not, please let me know
>> who can handle the below questions.
>>
>> Can you please setup the board alias for the new board members?
>>
>> Also, Terry needs to be able to read the info at wplug.org
>>
>> If anyone needs an alias for wplug business, please let Mike know.
>>
>> The bethlynn at wplug.org alias works for me.
>
> Since moving to the new server, we have NOT been creating new
> personal aliases for individuals.  We retained the bethlynn at wplug
> alias for historical reasons because it has seen continuous use
> and because the person involved has kept in communication.
>
> Several old aliases (e.g., zman) from the previous server were
> simply causing massive amounts of mail accumulation and/or bounces
> because the addresses they pointed to became inactive.  When we
> moved over to the new server, we started with a clean slate, only
> keeping bethlynn at wplug.  I ask that you reconsider the wisdom of
> offering personal individual @wplug email aliases.  If we are to
> offer them, then we should develop policies for:
>   1. Who is eligible for one in the first place.
>   2. How long they will be retained (forever?  until the person is
>      no longer on the board?  until mail to the pointed-to address
>      starts bouncing?  until the person moves away from town?).
>   3. Who will be responsible for maintaining the aliases.
>
> Note that the current Postfix mail server configuration does not
> deliver *any* local mail.  Everything is either re-sent to an
> outside destination, sent to a mailing list for processing, or
> bounced back to the sender.
>
> Vance Kochenderfer        |  "Get me out of these ropes and into a
> vkochend at nyx.net          |   good belt of Scotch"    -Nick Danger
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