3.... Debian platform. Yes deploying mailman to just keep consistent would make more sense

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-------- Original message --------

From: Peter Reutemann <fracpete@gmail.com>

Date: 13/11/24 1:45��pm (GMT+12:00)

To: wlug List <wlug@list.waikato.ac.nz>

Subject: [wlug] mailing list alternatives

Hi everyone

Here is a list of all the potential options for having the WLUG
mailing list continue in some form after the University of Waikato
will shut down their mailman instance next month:

1. TechnologyWise would support us and host it at Catalyst (Wellington)
Type: unspecified (since general hosting, could be mailman?)
Comment: TW ran the BOP LUG that way

2. Linux Australia (https://lists.linux.org.au/mailman/listinfo)
Type: mailman (open-source)
Comment: not yet contacted whether they'd be open to it

3. Don Gould
Type: unspecified (has FLOSS platform, so could be mailman)

4. NZOSS
Type: discourse (open-source, at community.iridescent.nz)
Comment: unlikely to migrate archives

5. Outlook Groups option
Type: MS Outlook (proprietary)
Comment: just email distribution, probably no archives

In terms of WLUG list archives...
I've experimented with hypermail
(https://github.com/hypermail-project/hypermail) and was able to turn
the 53MB mbox file containing all our posts from the last 25 years
into 183MB of HTML. That way, we can at least ensure that the old
content doesn't get lost completely.
I also talked to Daniel Lawson, who's hosting the old WLUG website and
wiki. Though he is not keen on managing mail (bit of a nightmare
nowadays according to him), he'd be willing to host the HTML version
of the archives.

Please reply to this post with your preferred option(s) by Saturday
night (e.g., "1" or "1 3 4"). On Sunday, I will then create a final
tally (hopefully).

Thanks again for your suggestions!

Cheers, Peter
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