First published: 25th March 2013
The administration of this newsletter mailing list is changing. The change affects subscribers who are receiving the newsletter by email, and it changes the commands used to subscribe and unsubscribe.
To subscribe, send an email to newsletter-request@yuikee.com.hk with subscribe
in the message body. The Subject can be anything.
Send the subscription email now. If successful, you will receive a confirmation message.
To unsubscribe, send an email to newsletter-request@yuikee.com.hk with unsubscribe in the message body. The Subject can be anything. Send the unsubscription email now. If successful, you will receive a confirmation message.
We have been using the Ecartis mailing list management software since the retirement of our Netware server, and the Mercury mail server that ran on it, but two things have prompted the retirement of Ecartis. First, it became apparent that Ecartis was not accepting commands that were base64 encoded. This can make it difficult for users of non-Latin character set languages (including Chinese) to subscribe or unsubscribe, depending on their mail client configuration. Second, Ecartis is no longer supported, the development team has gone silent.
Mailman has been chosen as a replacement, it correctly handles base64 encoded commands, is well-supported, and has some improved features.
We are committed to changing over without causing disruption to subscribers, and anticipate no difficulties. However, subscribers can always contact us with their concerns or problems.