Re: admins@postgresql.org mailing list?

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Hi,

On Tue, 14 Dec 2004, Dave Page wrote:

>> Further, the subscription address list would be automatically
>> echoed to a non-postgresql.org mailserver somewhere, so that
>> it can be used to coordinate in the event of a general
>> network failure like last week's.
>
> You know how to do this? I've been looking at it for the main lists and
> haven't found any way to have a second server.

  * We could rsync the subscriber list. (for any @PostgreSQL.org lists)
  * ... since I think the subscriber list of admins@PostgreSQL.org list
will not change day by day, we can mirror the users by hand.

>> I know this sounds similar to what Devrim proposed a few
>> months ago, but this
>> would be a bit different.   For one, it would not concern web site
>> development *at all*, which would still happen on this list.
>> It would instead be devoted exclusively to "Server A is down,
>> who can take the list archives?" and "Hub.org is going down
>> at 5pm to relocate, switching over to alternate DNS" type
>> messages.  Also exchanging passwords and setup info,
>> necessitating a closed, non-archived list.
>>
>> Does this seem like a good idea?
>
> Exchanging passwords should be done in private email, with the username
> & hostname *never* appearing in the same message as the password imho. A
> list is definitely not the place for that sort of thing.

IMHO using PGP should be a must for all subscribers. If someones sends a
password to another, he/she will sign+encrpyt the e-mail with the
receiver's key so that only the receiver can read the e-mail.

Regards,
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Devrim GUNDUZ
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