It's just been pointed out to me that THIS list is hosted by the Foundation. Which I hadn't noticed...
So to be clear; *this mailing list will be unaffected by this change.* Feel free to use it on Sunday without fear! Sorry for any confusion :S Tom On 18 January 2013 15:37, Thomas Morton <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi Everyone, > > As you may have noted, I am one of the two consultants WMUK took on to > manage their technical infrastructure. Over the last few months myself and > Emmanuel have been busy migrating to a new set of servers (see the > progress & details <http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/IT_Development>). > > This weekend will be one of the final stages in the migration; moving > email and mailing lists to the new server. > > If you have an @wikimedia.org.uk email address you may not be able to > access it for brief periods on Sunday the 20th. From Monday service will be > fully restored using the same details you have previously used. > > * If you have email redirected to a third party/ personal account then > nothing will change, you may receive one or two duplicate emails > * If you use the WMUK webmail interface; the URL you use will not change, > however the client has been upgraded (hopefully you prefer it!) and will > look different. Your login details will not change. An additional webmail > option may be deployed in the coming weeks if there is demand. > * If you connect to email using POP3 or IMAP (e.g. via your phone or > desktop email client) these details will not change, although you may have > periods of not receiving mail on Sunday. > > No email will be lost during this transition, though it may take a couple > of hours to synchronize the two servers. > > At the same time I will also be migrating the Mailing lists - including > this one. Warning will be sent to this list an hour or so before the > migration begins. On Sunday you may experience periods of outage, or emails > that disappear never to reappear :) > > *I recommend that you do not use the mailing list on Sunday.* > * > * > I am sorry for this in advance; I've taken over a month to design a > process which will cause the least disruption, however cannot guarantee > 100% disruption free. > > If you have any questions, or are seeing difficulties in the next week or > so PLEASE GET IN TOUCH. I am available all day Sunday by email ( > [email protected]) while I conduct the migration, and will be > in the office on Monday (so you can get me via phone there if it is urgent). > > Regards, > Tom (ErrantX) >
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