On Thu, Feb 15, 2001 at 11:46:16AM +0000, D.M.Chapman wrote:
> We are finally going down the route of an all-staff and an all-student
> email list (the acceptability of this can be argued elsewhere - I am
> "argued out" :-). We currently have a mojordomo server that we hope to
> replace with mailman over the summer. the lists need to be working (for
> trials at least) before the Summer vac.
How are your students downloading mail? If it is via POP there is a
clever trick (tm) you can do -- basicly check if the last time they
logged was before the new newsletter and if so, copy it to their
maildir.
Otherwise, it's a mailman setup I'm afraid.
> Does this sound do-able? Am I mad for thinking this? Is anyone doing
> similar (and if so, can I have a look at your config please?!). I could
> just create mail lists with the addrs in but using the database seems to
> be an ideal way as it will always be up to date and will need no extra
> admin to manage.
I like your idea of doing a mailing list per course and year. Then you
could build some aliases such as
all-astro: astro-1, astro-2, astro-3, astro-4, astro-pg, astro-staff
Of course, every year you'll need to update them -- which is probably a
good thing (tm).
> Suggestions?
How about creating news groups that students can post/read?
> Senior Computing Officer
> University of Kent
Hey, that's my old Uni!
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