(j3.2006) J3 mailing lists moving

[Steve Lionel]

The final piece of moving the J3 web site off of the NCAR server is the 
mailing list(s), such as this one. I am going to change the DNS entries 
to point to the new J3 server, but this will take a few days to 
propagate. The addresses for the mailing lists, such as 
j3 at mailman.j3-fortran.org, remain the same. (At the moment, omitting the 
"mailman." part of the address will not work, but I will see if I can 
add a redirection.)

I believe I have copied over all of the subscriptions and settings for 
j3, j3-members and j3-ustag. The other lists currently served by NCAR 
seem to have been unused for a long time - no problem starting them up 
again if need be. I do not yet have the archives of the mailing lists, 
but Dan is going to get those to me and I will make them available 
through the web site in the future.

How will you know if you are getting the new server? The emails from the 
current server have [J3-2006] in the subject, the new server will just 
say [J3]. Also, the mailing list passwords for each user will be 
different - you will be able to use the standard Mailman interface to 
get that password (links will be provided on the J3 web site under 
Resources > Mailing Lists when the switchover has completed, and you'll 
get the usual monthly reminder of the password.)

I'm a bit uncertain of how well this will work - it isn't something I've 
been able to test properly. If it becomes a problem I will reset back to 
NCAR while I investigate. Please let me know of any questions or problems.

Steve