From maintainers-request at octave dot org Tue Jan 31 12:36:56 2006
Subject: Octave mailing lists
From: "John W. Eaton" <jwe at bevo dot che dot wisc dot edu>
To: octave maintainers mailing list <maintainers at octave dot org>
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 13:36:38 -0500

Is there anyone out there who would like to take over the maintenance
of Octave's mailing lists?  With the current setup that blocks
postings from non-subscribers, this job primarily involves forwarding
mail sent to the lists by non-subscribers, and (optionally)
encouraging them to subscribe so that their messages will be posted
automatically.

I would also like to move the lists off of the current server at
UW-Madison.  One possibility is savannah.gnu.org, though if you have a
better solution, please speak up.  If we move them to savannah, the
lists would be

  octave-help at gnu dot org
  octave-bugs at gnu dot org
  octave-maintainers at gnu dot org
  etc.

I think I will be able to have the current  at octave dot org addresses
forwarded to the new lists indefinitely.

If we move the lists to savannah, subscription requests can be handled
by a web page, which I think will help simplify things for new users.

Comments or suggestions?

Thanks,

jwe