Informix Mailing List (informix-list) moving

There are some changes in store for the Informix Mailing List that will be occurring over the next few weeks. I am posting this announcement to informix-list and comp.databases.informix since both forums will be affected. The most significant change is that informix-list will be moving from the system rmy.emory.edu to iiug.org, the home site of the International Informix Users Group (IIUG). That is, "informix-list@rmy.emory.edu" will become "informix-list@iiug.org". This move will be automatic. Current list members will not have to do anything to move their addresses. Once the move is made, you'll have to post to the different address of course, but I'll let you know when that happens. A second change related to the move is that informix-list will be placed under control of the Majordomo mailing list management software package. This means that people who want to subscribe/unsubscribe to/from the list will send special commands to the address majordomo@iiug.org instead of corresponding with yours truly. I'll post more details about this later. The list will continue to be gatewayed with comp.databases.informix. However, news service will be provided as a free sponsorship to IIUG by the generous folks at xmission.com, instead of by the generous folks at the Math/CS Department of Emory University who have been doing it since the list's inception in 1991. There will be other changes that you may notice. Messages will no longer be tagged with Informix-List-ID's, and message headers will no longer contain "X-Informix-List-ID" lines. Gatewayed messages will have "X-List-Gateway:" header lines listing their source, either "informix-list" or "comp.databases.informix". If you are now making use of the "X-Informix-List-ID" header lines to route or filter your e-mail, you should be able to make similar use of a header line saying "Sender: owner-informix-list@iiug.org", which will be part of each message coming from the list. Mike Reetz and I will be working to phase in these changes over the next couple of weeks. The first step will be to complete the testing of the mail-to-news gateway, which will begin Monday, July 7. We'll keep you posted on our progress. That's about it for now. Let me know if you have any questions. Thanks, Walt. -- Walt Hultgren Internet: walt@rmy.emory.edu (IP 170.140.97.4) Emory University UUCP: {...,gatech,rutgers,uunet}!emory!rmy!walt 954 Gatewood Road, NE BITNET: walt@EMORY Atlanta, GA 30329 USA Voice: +1 404 727 0648