[SAC] [OSGeo] #1547: Move mails to Gmail

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#1547: Move mails to Gmail
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 Reporter:  jachym         |       Owner:  sac@…
     Type:  task           |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal         |   Milestone:
Component:  Systems Admin  |  Resolution:
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Comment (by martin):

 The point is:

 We can't split "<whichever_name>@osgeo.org" between OSGeo infrastructure
 and Google. We either need to move *every* genuine address in the
 "@osgeo.org" namespace to Google or *none*. Just moving some central,
 administrative addresses like "president at osgeo.org" or
 "treasurer at osgeo.org" to Google and keeping other addresses in the same
 namespace on our own infrastructure is close to technically impossible (it
 might be possible but *if* it works it'll be a terrible hack and you
 certainly don't want to be responsible for debugging if it fails).

 Of course we can set up a forwarder to accept "president at osgeo.org" on our
 own infrastructure first and afterwards map it to a different address at
 Google (or somewhere else), but that's what we're already doing right now
 with some addresses (including "president") and doesn't require any
 changes.

 If everything you're aiming at is a means to facilitate management of
 private mailboxes in "@osgeo.org" namespace, then "postfixadmin" might be
 the tool you want - to be run on our own mailserver. Setting up such a
 tool is a *lot* easier than maintaining ugly hacks.

 Therefore: Please negotiate *before* making decisions.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/1547#comment:5>
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