Fw: Re: Change in mailing list configuration

Luí­s Moreira de Sousa luis.de.sousa at protonmail.ch
Fri Jan 12 06:37:26 PST 2024


Please read below, in addition to my questions, I note that with the new setup my e-mail application no longer replies automatically to the list.

Thank you.


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Luís

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From: Luí­s Moreira de Sousa <luis.de.sousa at protonmail.ch>
Date: On Friday, 12 January 2024 at 15:34
Subject: Re: Change in mailing list configuration
To: Sandro Santilli <strk at kbt.io>


> Dear Sandro,
> 
> I am not qualified to opine on the DKIM configuration, but I would question the removal of the prefix. All other pipermail lists I am subscribed to add a prefix to the subject. Could you explain why it had to be removed? Will this decision affect the other OSGeo lists too?
> 
> Thank you.
> 
> --
> Luís
> 
> 
> Sent with Proton Mail secure email.
> 
> On Thursday, 11 January 2024 at 19:31, Sandro Santilli strk at kbt.io wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> > We've changed the configuration of this mailing list to respect the
> > recomendations from the SysAdmin team:
> > 
> > https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/SAC:Mailing_Lists#Configuring_the_mailing_list
> > 
> > Notable changes are:
> > 
> > 1. No more [OSGeo-Discuss] prefix in email subjects
> > 2. No more added footer
> > 3. Real sender address in the From field
> > 4. DKIM signed emails will not be considered maliciously tampered \o/
> > 
> > For filtering the emails or finding mailing list address to change
> > user preferences you will be able to use the email headers.
> > 
> > Many mail user agents should be able to figure this out by themselves,
> > others might need manual configuration.
> > 
> > Just as an example, my mail configuration for the PostGIS Developers
> > looks like this (procmail recipe):
> > 
> > :0
> > * ^List-ID:.*postgis-devel.lists.osgeo.org
> > * !^X-List-Administrivia: yes
> > .postgis-devel/
> > 
> > Happy mailing !
> > 
> > --strk;
> > 
> > Libre GIS consultant/developer
> > https://strk.kbt.io/services.html


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