Subject: An LSST mail archiver/exploder

From: Michael Strauss

Submitted: Mon, 7 Oct 2002 14:59:34 -0400 (EDT)

Message number: 3 (previous: 2, next: 4 up: Index)

Hello all,

    Robert Lupton of Princeton has put together an LSST e-mail exploder,
based on similar systems he's developed for the SDSS and for the
Apache Point 3.5m.  Sending e-mail to the exploder forwards it to all
subscribers, as well as archives it to the web.  The SDSS experience
has been that it is very useful to have multiple exploders (e.g., for
galaxy science, for various aspects of the software, for observing
logs, and so on; we have over 50 in SDSS!).  At the moment, we've set
up just one LSST mailing list, whose e-mail address is
	lsst-general@astro.princeton.edu
but adding more will be straightforward.  For the moment, let's keep
this exploder for use of the LSST Science Working Group, but we can
expand it as need arises.

  I am sending out this e-mail via this e-mail exploder, and therefore
have taken the liberty to add all the SWG members (plus a few people)
to the mailing list.  Therefore, the description below on how to sign
yourself up is not of immediate relevance, but I'm including it so you
can see how the process works. 

  Signing yourself up for this mailing list is a two-step process:
first, registering yourself, and then putting yourself on the list.
This seems redundant, but will mean in the future when you're on many
of these lists, and move to a new e-mail address, you will have to
change it in one place, not many.

  To register, go to the web page:

  http://astro.princeton.edu/cgi-bin/LSSTmailinglists.pl/subscribe_form

and fill out the form entitled 'Register as a new user'.  The user id
you give is what you will indicate for putting yourself on any mailing
list.  

  Then, at the top of the same page, where it says 'Manage
Subscriptions to Mailing Lists', bring up the list called 'general'
(the only one existing thus far [except for a test list]), and select
it.  This brings you to a web page where you can add or delete your
name from the list.

  You will need your password for just two things:
    -Changing your e-mail address
    -Removing your name from a list. 

  Once you've registered, you do not need a password to add your name
to a list. 

  To send mail to all subscribers to lsst-general, you would address
it to lsst-general@astro.princeton.edu.  It will be sent out with a
addendum that will look something like this:

LSST LSST LSST LSST LSST    Mailing List Server   LSST LSST LSST LSST LSST LSST
LSST
LSST  This is message 2 in the lsst-general archive, URL
LSST         http://www.astro.princeton.edu/~dss/LSST/lsst-general/msg.2.html
LSST         http://www.astro.princeton.edu/cgi-bin/LSSTmailinglists.pl/show_subscription?list=lsst-general
LSST  The index is at http://www.astro.princeton.edu/~dss/LSST/lsst-general/INDEX.html
LSST  To join/leave the list, send mail to lsst-request@astro.princeton.edu
LSST  To post a message, mail it to lsst-general@astro.princeton.edu
LSST
LSST LSST LSST LSST LSST LSST LSST LSST LSST LSST LSST LSST LSST LSST LSST LSST


This shows where the message is archived.  A list of all lsst-general
messages is at:

http://www.astro.princeton.edu/~dss/LSST/lsst-general/INDEX.html

with links to each in turn.

At the moment, this system is not password-protected; that is, anybody
may have access to this web site. 

Finally, Robert has put in some spam filters, which does a decent job
of removing most of the most offensive spam. 

  Let me know if you have any questions or problems.

		     Thanks,  Michael

			




LSST LSST LSST LSST LSST    Mailing List Server   LSST LSST LSST LSST LSST LSST
LSST
LSST  This is message 3 in the lsst-general archive, URL
LSST         http://www.astro.princeton.edu/~dss/LSST/lsst-general/msg.3.html
LSST         http://www.astro.princeton.edu/cgi-bin/LSSTmailinglists.pl/show_subscription?list=lsst-general
LSST  The index is at http://www.astro.princeton.edu/~dss/LSST/lsst-general/INDEX.html
LSST  To join/leave the list, send mail to lsst-request@astro.princeton.edu
LSST  To post a message, mail it to lsst-general@astro.princeton.edu
LSST
LSST LSST LSST LSST LSST LSST LSST LSST LSST LSST LSST LSST LSST LSST LSST LSST