[AstroPy] Sticking with this mailing list

[Russell Owen]

I believe you can subscribe users (instead of just inviting them) but I agree it’s riskier and not something I’d want to do with a huge mailing list.

Regards,

— Russell

> On Aug 7, 2017, at 2:07 PM, Kelle Cruz <kellecruz at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hey All,
> 
> Bottom line: Due to the difficulty in making sure everyone gets migrated to a new Google group, we’ve decided to just stick with this list. No action is required. The list address remains astropy at python.org <mailto:astropy at python.org>
> 
> Background and Extra Info: NumFocus migrated this mailman list to a new server and gave it a new address: astropy at python.org <mailto:astropy at python.org>. Coincidentally, at the same time, the Astropy Coordination Committee started a process to migrate the list to Google Groups. We paused the migration to Google Groups to re-evaluate but then decided to move forward due to the increased searchability of Google Groups. However, right now, only 10 invites to a google group can be sent at a time and each batch requires a time intensive series of CAPTCHA hoops. (There are only so many images which contain road signs I can identify in a day!) In the end, we decided that keeping subscribers is more important than searchability. We also anticipate in the not-too-distant future that either NumFocus will solve this problem with a better listserve or a less clunky feature will appear for migrating large lists to Google groups.
> 
> Sorry for the noise and thanks so much for your patience and understanding.
> 
> Thanks,
> Kelle (on behalf of the Astropy Coordination Committee)
> 
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