Mailing List

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This page reflects a policy and should be edited for content only with board approval (formatting and grammar fixes are okay).

Creation / management / questions

If you want a new list, to delete an old list, to add or remove members, get information on who's subscribe, etc, you can! Email admin@skullspace.ca and it will be done!

Subscribing

To subscribe to a mailing list, send an email to either:

• announce+subscribe@ to subscribe to announce@
• discuss+subscribe@ to subscribe to discuss@
• IT+subscribe@ to subscribe to it@

The list manager will respond, asking you to confirm your intention to subscribe. Simply reply to the confirmation email and you will be subscribed. Note that some spam filters enjoy eating such confirmation emails.

Posting

To post to the discussion list, provided you're subscribed, email either:

• announce@skullspace.ca to send a message to announce@
• discuss@skullspace.ca to send a message to discuss@
• it@skullspace.ca to send a message to IT@

If you're not sure which list to use, it is probably best to send to the discuss@ list. If another member thinks your post is suited for posting to announce they'll will inform you.

Unsubscribing

Directors are required to be subscribed to admin@, so unsubscribes are prohibited.

To unsubscribe from a list available to the general public, send an email to either:

• announce@ to unsubscribe from announce@
• discuss@ to unsubscribe from discuss@
• it@ to unsubscribe from it@

Other Commands

Mailing list options can be found and managed though it's google groups page:

• announce
• discuss
• it

Mailing Lists

Each mailing list has a different purpose, and subtly different settings.

Admin

• Address: admin@
• Purpose: Primary contact point for SkullSpace, and for private discussions amongst the Board of Directors.
• Joining: Only Directors may be members of this list.
• Posting: Anyone may post to this list.
• Aliases: info@
• Archiving: This list is not publicly archived.

Announce

• Address: announce@
• Purpose: Public announcements which are directed to everyone interested in SkullSpace.
• Joining: This list is open to the general public.
• Posting: Anyone subscribed to the list may post.
• Aliases: None
• Archiving: This list is publicly archived here.

Awesome

• Address: awesome@
• Purpose: Primary contact point for the Winnipeg Awesome Foundation, and for private discussions amongst the Trustees.
• Joining: Only Trustees may be members of this list.
• Posting: Anyone may post to this list.
• Aliases: None
• Archiving: This list is not publicly archived.

Discuss

• Address: discuss@
• Purpose: Public discussions of events, policies, and anything else that strikes our fancy.
• Joining: This list is open to the general public.
• Posting: Anyone subscribed to the list may post.
• Aliases: None
• Archiving: This list is publicly archived here.

Flickr

• Address: flickr@
• Purpose: Provides a way for members to receive emails pertaining to SkullSpace's Flickr account.
• Joining: This list is open to SkullSpace members.
• Posting: Any member post to this list.
• Aliases: None
• Archiving: This list is not publicly archived.

Twitter

• Address: twitter@
• Purpose: Provides a way for members to receive emails pertaining to SkullSpace's Twitter account.
• Joining: Joining this list is subject to approval by the Board of Directors.
• Posting: Anyone may post to this list.
• Aliases: None
• Archiving: This list is not publicly archived.

Vimeo

• Address: vimeo@
• Purpose: Provides a way for members to receive emails pertaining to SkullSpace's Vimeo account.
• Joining: This list is open to the SkullSpace members.
• Posting: Anyone may post to this list.
• Aliases: None
• Archiving: This list is not publicly archived.

CTF

• Address: ctf@
• Purpose: Capture the flag team.
• Joining: This list is open to the general public.
• Posting: Anyone subscribed to the list may post.
• Aliases: None
• Archiving: This list is not yet publicly archived

IT

• Address: it@
• Purpose: IT stuff (replaces netops@)
• Joining: Please only subscribe if you have a server or hardware at SkullSpace, or you have a vested interest in SkullSpace's IT (ie, networking or whatever)
• Posting: Anybody subscribed to the list may post
• Aliases: None
• Archiving: This list is publicly archived here.