Hi all,
This is Real Life stuff, not game stuff.
We have been having troubles with the mailing list for a while. A few of the players have trouble getting the mails, and some kept getting their messages bounced.
I put in a support ticket with our ISP, and received not great news.
The list is run by a Mailman server, and as the years have one by, and email requirements have changed and got ‘secured’, Mailman has not kept up. With the result that the ISP has decided that long term, Mailman is not fit for purpose. And, at this point, they have decided that they are going to retire that part of their offering. Already, you cannot create a new mailing list, and while they have not yet announced a sunset date for the service altogether, it is going away eventually.
So, we need an alternative. One thought is to just send big messages directly, with most of the recipients in the BCC part of the message. It would mean that we would need everyone to have a the list of the emails for everybody in the game.
Or we could decide to employ something like Discord instead, and get a discord server and use text chat channels on there. You can get free discord servers – we use one for the Aurellis and Sable games.
Or we could do something else – ideas are welcome.
What would also be welcome is if someone else wants to volunteer to take this on, and research and eventually run whatever is decided on.
Discussions need to happen, and a way forward be found.