I also like the reminders. Perhaps they could be made every other
month, but please don't get rid of them altogether.
Thanks,
Andy
On Sun, Nov 3, 2013 at 6:55 AM, Hector Santos <hsantos(_at_)isdg(_dot_)net>
wrote:
I like the occasional reminders, especially for list that are older and
lesser to no mail. I hardly use the password stuff myself, so its just more
of a reminder of the list subscriptions. There are a few that have no mail
and it helps to get an reminder of the list you are subscribed too. In
fact, I had switched mailers and it helped me the other day to see a
reminder of a list to create a filter rule to move it its own folder.
If anything, lets not allow a 'technical detail' be the path of least
resistance, i.e. just globally turning it off for all. One solution is to
make it optional (off by default) at the subscription level (per user), if
not already there (but its on by default). Change the script to every 2-4
months and spread out the load.
One small but big point I think, not everyone here is an "IETF regular."
The "weekend IETF warriors" need these electronic reminders of their
participation and whats happening in the IETF. So while it may be seen as
"waste" to the regular folks, it is useful for others too.
Anyway, solve the technical problem -- we are good at that.... I think. :)
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HLS
On 11/2/2013 8:19 PM, Chris Griffiths wrote:
Hello,
The IAOC would like to solicit feedback from the community to see if there
are any concerns with having the Secretariat turn off the monthly mailing
list password reminders for the IETF mailing lists going forward. Due to an
ever increasing community size as well as new mailing lists being added to
the mailman servers over time, we see a large amount of mail at the
beginning of every month that is causing some delays to email delivery
during this time period in order to send out mass email subscription and
password reminders to the community. Since Mailman has the ability to do
on-demand requests for password reset and subscription information for each
mailing list, there is an alternative method to the current bulk sending of
subscription information that the community can use.
We are planning to raise this at the Admin plenary on Wednesday at IETF 88
in Vancouver, but we would like to get your feedback on this issue.
Thank you
Chris Griffiths
IAOC Chair
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HLS