Re: Testing new list membership

[Eric Crump <ecrump@interversity.org>]

On Thu, 2 Jan 2003, Victor Steinbok wrote:
> OK, I got a bunch of messages, then got one that I've been removed. 
> Then got a couple more messages, the last one dated about half-hour 
> ahead of current time.

I think I can explain what the 'removed' message might have been. I was 
talking with Larry Rudner, who has managed the list at its previous home, 
about how to preclude confusion that could be caused by two working 
version of the list co-existing. One way to handle that situation is to 
subscribe the new list address (arn-l@interversity.org) to the old list, 
and remove all the other subscribers. That way, messages posted to the old 
list will get send to this list, but folks won't get two copies of those 
messages. 

Larry said he'd do that, and if he did that may be why you got a message 
saying you'd been removed--but from the old list, I'm guessing.

I've done a number of similar list migrations over the years. There's 
always a wee bit of confusion/awkwardness during the transition, but 
things usually smooth out pretty fast and everyone just gets into the 
habit of using new addresses, etc. without much trouble.

However--if anyone does run into trouble of any kind or has questions 
about the new setup, please don't hesitate to gimme a holler. I'll be 
happy to help out.

--Eric Crump
  ARN-L listmom