501242 - Create new MozService-related mailing list

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(mozilla.org Graveyard :: Server Operations, task)

Description

[Mary]

Hi there:  We need a new newsgroup related (i.e. [e-mail]) for MozService to manage communications with partners and other supporters.

Can we get:  [e-mail]?

If there is a simple way to set this up, let me know and I'll do it!

Thanks!

Comment 1

[Reed Loden [:reed]]

Maybe mozilla.marketing.mozservice ?

Comment 2

[Mary]

I'd really prefer the more simple and general one of mozservice-friends :)

Comment 3

[Reed Loden [:reed]]

Then maybe you just want a mailing list instead of a newsgroup, or do you want the power of a newsgroup, too?

Comment 4

[Reed Loden [:reed]]

Mary wants a mailing list instead.

[e-mail]

Comment 5

[Shyam Mani [:fox2mike]]

Mary,

This is done, you should have an email with the list admin password and other details :)

Comment 6

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

We have a policy of making Mozilla discussion forums available as mailing lists, newsgroups and over the web to maximise participation. This does not create any additional complexity for list users or owners - and, in fact, reduces complexity because every list can be treated in the same way. Code, such as that which auto-generates the list of forums at http://www.mozilla.org/community/developer-forums.html, assumes that groups fit into this pattern. I seem to remember that in the past, when we've created mailing-list-only forum, we've had to shift them over to the normal pattern, causing additional hassle.

Additionally, all groups are @lists.mozilla.org, not @mozilla.org. Having stuff @mozilla.org sends a different message about it.

Lastly, was it so urgent that this had to be done in 5 hours while I was asleep? Frankly, I'm rather surprised at how this bug has developed. 

I would hope it's not too late to backtrack and go the standard route. If MozService is Mozilla Services Week, then I would suggest mozilla.community.mozservice. I presume we want to present it as a way of helping the community rather than a marketing exercise? :-)

Gerv

Comment 7

[Mary]

Thank you, Shyam :)