[Mageia-sysadm] Mailling list type

Fri Dec 10 02:47:43 CET 2010

Hi,
+
+After thinking hard, I have seen that we will likely need 7 profiles of
+mailling list ( sympa requires us to choose a profile when creating the
+list, so instead of using a different one for each list, I have tried to
+find the common one ). 
+
+Basically, the only things that would matter are :
+
+- who can read the archive : public / private ( if no archive, this is
+not a ml, this is a alias, thus being handled by postfix, not sympa )
+
+- who can subscribe ( and unsubscribe ) : everybody / no one ( ie
+restricted to some people decided in ldap using a group, or some other
+systems )
+
+- who can post without moderation : everybody / subscriber / a single
+email / a ldap group 
+
+And so based on combination and usage pattern i think the 7 types of
+list here would cover all use cases :
+
+Automated announce list :
+* announce_list_email
+ex : changelog@ , svn-commits@, 
+- subscribe : everybody
+- post :  a single email ( read, a script )
+- archive : public 
+
+Announce list :
+* announce_list_group
+ex : mageia-announce at zarb
+- subscribe : everybody
+- post :  specific ldap group member
+- archive : public 
+ 
+Discussion list :
+* public_list
+ex : mageia-discuss, mageia-sysadm, etc, etc
+- subscribe : everybody
+- post : subscriber only 
+- archive : public
+
+Private list :
+* private_list
+ex : security-team if some embargo apply on exploits
+- subscribe : no one ( based on ldap group )
+- post : subscriber only
+- archive : private 
+
+Contact list :
+* private_list_open
+ex : press@ , contact@, because people who write here may expect some
+privacy
+- subscribe : no one ( based on ldap group )
+- post : everybody 
+- archive : private 
+
+Automated contact list :
+* private_list_email
+ex : blogteam@, for the moderation of comment ( and not the translation
+part :/ )
+- subscribe : no one, based on ldap
+- post : only from a email ( read again, a script )
+- archive : private
+
+and the last one, who could at least serve for the board and the council
+( the public lists as explained on
+http://mageia.org/wiki/doku.php?id=org , the private ones are already
+covered ) :
+
+* ( i didn't found the name yet )
+- subscribe : none, based on ldap 
+- post : either all, or subscriber only 
+- archive : public
+
+
+Do I miss something ( beside a name for the last profile ) ? 
+
+Of course, we can always add some profiles later, but I want to be sure
+that I didn't forget something too obvious.
+
+I will add this on the wiki and propose this on discuss after checking
+that we can indeed do what is planned :)
+
+-- 
+Michael Scherer
+
+