Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.184]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ED29A2E0040 for ; Sat, 22 Mar 2008 23:34:29 -0300 (ADT) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.184]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 71134-05 for ; Sat, 22 Mar 2008 23:34:18 -0300 (ADT) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.5 Received: from fetter.org (start.fetter.org [66.92.188.65]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F38FA2E0035 for ; Sat, 22 Mar 2008 23:34:26 -0300 (ADT) Received: by fetter.org (Postfix, from userid 500) id DF98CFBCDFC; Sat, 22 Mar 2008 19:34:24 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2008 19:34:24 -0700 From: David Fetter To: Dave Page Cc: PostgreSQL www Subject: Re: postgresql.org mail infrastructure Message-ID: <20080323023424.GE10268@fetter.org> References: <937d27e10803220907v4d916d6dr32be3fa9a4a3129a@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <937d27e10803220907v4d916d6dr32be3fa9a4a3129a@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Archive-Number: 200803/513 X-Sequence-Number: 14632 On Sat, Mar 22, 2008 at 04:07:13PM +0000, Dave Page wrote: > The postgresql.org mail infrastructure is currently deeply > intertwined with the hub.org system. This makes it difficult for the > 2 non-hub.org people who have access to manage the systems, and > means that any problems with hub.org affect us, and any problems > caused by us will affect hub.org customers. > > I propose that we build a replacement mail system, tailored to our > needs. This would be built on our existing FreeBSD infrastructure > and would be managed by members of the existing sysadmin team > including myself, Magnus, Stefan and Marc. Further, it has been > suggested that OmniTI may be able to offer assistance. > > Can I please get a show of hands for and against progressing with > such a project? +1 for progressing. Cheers, David -- David Fetter http://fetter.org/ Phone: +1 415 235 3778 AIM: dfetter666 Yahoo!: dfetter Skype: davidfetter XMPP: david.fetter@gmail.com Remember to vote! Consider donating to Postgres: http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate