Subject: Re: Moving the AUDITORY list? From: Yi Yu <yi.yu.yy@xxxxxxxx> Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2018 22:51:37 +0900--00000000000016d71a0578a952cb Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Many years ago when I was a Ph.D student, I joined AUDITORY.list which is useful and convenient for me until now. >>Many of you have since been caught out by the "confirmation link" that you receive in response to posting, but which no longer works. Remove it and make sure everybody in the list can post messages anytime. >>I wonder if we should move the whole list to a more modern platform? We need not move since mail list is an easy way to get into information. Best regards, Yi Yu http://research.nii.ac.jp/~yiyu/ On Sat, Oct 20, 2018 at 1:09 PM Dan Ellis <dan.ellis@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > Dear List - > > Al Bregman created the AUDITORY list in 1992, and I took over as the > administrator about a year later. A lot has changed in Information and > Communication Technologies since then, but the LISTSERV behind AUDITORY has > remained largely unchanged. In 2000 I home-spun a custom web interface (in > Tcl!) to sidestep the manual edits I had been doing until then, and it's > still what we use, running on my old lab's machine at Columbia. That > system is also showing its age. > > As you may remember, earlier this year McGill blocked external web access > to the Listserv as a security measure, eliminating the modest interface > modernizations that had been added to Listserv since the advent of the > world wide web. Many of you have since been caught out by the "confirmation > link" that you receive in response to posting, but which no longer works. > Just this morning I found out (after 25 years!) how to change the text of > the confirmation message to eliminate this egregious misdirect. > > However, it got me thinking about the future of AUDITORY. In particular, > the current www.auditory.org machine at Columbia won't last for ever, and > my leverage there has declined since I moved to Google. I wonder if we > should move the whole list to a more modern platform? I would of course > make sure the archives were preserved. > > To me, Google Groups seems like the most obvious choice, but perhaps my > perspective is skewed. What do you think about the idea of moving off the > McGill listserv, and do you have other suggestions for a good replacement? > > Best, > > DAn. > --00000000000016d71a0578a952cb Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div di= r=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr">M<span style=3D"font:400 13.33p= x/19.99px Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:left;color:rgb(34,34,34);te= xt-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;text-decoration:non= e;word-spacing:0px;display:inline;white-space:normal;font-size-adjust:none;= font-stretch:100%;float:none;background-color:transparent">any=C2=A0years a= go when I was a Ph.D student, </span>I=C2=A0 joined AUDITORY.list =C2=A0 wh= ich is useful and=C2=A0convenient for me until now.=C2=A0</div><div dir=3D"= ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><span style=3D"font:400 13.33px/19.99px Ari= al,Helvetica,sans-serif;text-align:left;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:= none;text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;text-decoration:none;word-spacin= g:0px;display:inline;white-space:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:= 100%;float:none;background-color:transparent">>>Many of you have sinc= e been caught out by the "confirmation link" that you receive in = response to posting, but which no longer works.=C2=A0</span><b></b><i></i><= u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike></div><div>Remove it and make = sure everybody in the list can post messages anytime.</div><div><br></div><= div><span style=3D"font:400 13.33px/19.99px Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;text= -align:left;color:rgb(34,34,34);text-transform:none;text-indent:0px;letter-= spacing:normal;text-decoration:none;word-spacing:0px;display:inline;white-s= pace:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-stretch:100%;float:none;background-c= olor:transparent">>>I wonder if we should move the whole list to a mo= re modern platform?</span><b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strik= e></strike></div><div>We need not move since mail list is an easy way to ge= t into information.=C2=A0</div><div><br></div><div>Best regards,</div><div>= <br></div><div>Yi Yu</div><div><a href=3D"http://research.nii.ac.jp/~yiyu/"= >http://research.nii.ac.jp/~yiyu/</a><br></div></div></div></div></div></di= v></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr">On Sat, Oct 20, 201= 8 at 1:09 PM Dan Ellis <<a href=3D"mailto:dan.ellis@xxxxxxxx">dan.ellis= @xxxxxxxx</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style= =3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir= =3D"ltr">Dear List -=C2=A0<div><br></div><div>Al Bregman created the AUDITO= RY list in 1992, and I took over as the administrator about a year later.= =C2=A0 A lot has changed in Information and Communication Technologies sinc= e then, but the LISTSERV behind AUDITORY has remained largely unchanged.=C2= =A0 In 2000 I home-spun a custom web interface (in Tcl!) to sidestep the ma= nual edits I had been doing until then, and it's still what we use, run= ning on my old lab's machine at Columbia.=C2=A0 That system is also sho= wing its age.</div><div><br></div><div>As you may remember, earlier this ye= ar McGill blocked external web access to the Listserv as a security measure= , eliminating the modest interface modernizations that had been added to Li= stserv since the advent of the world wide web. Many of you have since been = caught out by the "confirmation link" that you receive in respons= e to posting, but which no longer works.=C2=A0 Just this morning I found ou= t (after 25 years!) how to change the text of the confirmation message to e= liminate this egregious misdirect.</div><div><br></div><div>However, it got= me thinking about the future of AUDITORY.=C2=A0 In particular, the current= <a href=3D"http://www.auditory.org" target=3D"_blank">www.auditory.org</a>= machine at Columbia won't last for ever, and my leverage there has dec= lined since I moved to Google.=C2=A0 I wonder if we should move the whole l= ist to a more modern platform? I would of course make sure the archives wer= e preserved.</div><div><br></div><div>To me, Google Groups seems like the m= ost obvious choice, but perhaps my perspective is skewed.=C2=A0 What do you= think about the idea of moving off the McGill listserv, and do you have ot= her suggestions for a good replacement?</div><div><br></div><div>Best,=C2= =A0</div><div><br></div><div>=C2=A0 DAn.</div></div> </blockquote></div> --00000000000016d71a0578a952cb--