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And general aesthetic cleanup.
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jhannah committed Jul 30, 2024
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48 changes: 21 additions & 27 deletions src/faq/admin.html
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Expand Up @@ -67,15 +67,17 @@ <h4>Group Leader ("Tsar") Changes</h4>
<li>Commit, push your change to github</li>
<li>Submit DNS changes if needed</li>
<li>Follow the instructions below to change their MailMan password?</li>
<li>Update the website per README</li>
<li>Update the website per /README</li>
</ol>

<h4>Forgot my Password</h4>

<ol class="admin_faq">
<li>Ensure that the MailMan list is owned by the correct person</li>
<li>Change the MailMan password</li>
<li>Email group leader telling them that their password has been changed to the value listed in the other email</li>
<li>Email group leader telling them that their password has been changed to the value
listed in your notification, encourage them to immediately change it to whatever
they want.</li>
</ol>

<h2>Remove a Group</h2>
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<h2>git</h2>

<p><a href="https://github.com/perlorg/www.pm.org">https://github.com/perlorg/www.pm.org</a></p>
<p>
The source repo is <a href="https://github.com/perlorg/www.pm.org">www.pm.org</a>.
See /README for the live site repo you'll flush to.
</p>

<h2><a name="mailman" id="mailman">MailMan</a></h2>

<ol class="admin_faq">
<li><a href="http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/pm_admins">pm.org Admin mailing list</a> (unused since 2014)</li>
<li><a href="http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/pm_groups">Group Leader mailing list (unused since ~2018)</li>
<li><a href="http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo">Group lists</a></li>
<li><a href="http://x6.develooper.com/~mailman/list-last-posts">Timestamps when lists last saw activity &mdash; some of which are old</a></li>
<li><a href="http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/pm_admins">pm.org Admin mailing list</a> - the 6 of us that admin pm.org (unused since ~2014)</li>
<li><a href="http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/pm_groups">Group Leader mailing list</a> - the ~209 group leaders (unused since ~2018)</li>
<li><a href="http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo">List of all groups</a></li>
<li><a href="http://x6.develooper.com/~mailman/list-last-posts">Timestamps when lists last saw activity</a>. Some have been inactive for decades.</li>
<li><a href="http://mail.pm.org/mailman/create">Create a new list</a></li>
<li>Remove a group - you need a shell to run <code>rmlist</code>, so if you don't have one email pm_admins(at)pm(dot)org</li>
<li><a href="https://groups.pm.org/admin/config/mailmanpassword">super-duper password</a> &mdash; admin any group's config</li>
<li>Remove a group - only Robert/Ask can run <code>rmlist</code></li>
<li>The <b>super-duper MailMan password</b> can admin all MailMan lists. If you need that secret and don't have it, ask Robert/Ask.</li>
</ol>

<p>Cron jobs run every 20 minutes or so to implement any new groups you add.</p>
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<p>In order to get a DNS change to happen, send an email to <code>dns(at)perl(dot)org</code> with information about the change you want made. You'll get an auto-reply ticket number back from RT. Things they do:</p>

<ul class="admin_faq">
<li>A records - we will point them at groups.pm.org(216.52.237.133) or their server.</li>
<li>MX records - usually point at mx.develooper.com.
<ul class="admin_faq">
<li>Note: MX records cannot point to CNAMES. This makes some mailservers unhappy</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>A records - we will point them at groups.pm.org (216.52.237.133) or their server.</li>
<li>CNAME records - sometimes this is easier than an A record</li>
</ul>

<p>We can also provide NS records (aka delegation) of foo.pm.org to other nameservers.</p>

<p>For established groups....</p>

<ul class="admin_faq">
<li>AAAA records (IPV6)</li>
<li>special things like SRV records and more A records.</li>
</ul>

<p>Sample Message<pre>

To: dns@perl.org
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<p><a href="https://github.com/perlorg/www.pm.org/blob/master/perl_mongers.xml">https://github.com/perlorg/www.pm.org/blob/master/perl_mongers.xml</a></p>

<p>All pm.org services are (or should be) driven by our single, master XML file. That file is <code>perl_mongers.xml</code>. The format is defined by <code></code>perl_mongers.dtd</code> (out of date). When the .xml is updated, programs read the .xml and write that info out to www/groups.</p>
<p>
All pm.org services are (or should be) driven by our single, master XML file.
That file is <code>perl_mongers.xml</code>.
The format is defined by <code>perl_mongers.dtd</code> (out of date).
See /README for flushing our XML to our live site.
</p>

<h4>The "status" attribute</h4>

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<p><strong>Q:</strong> If status is not present, does that mean inactive?</p>

<p><strong>A: Dave Cross, November 2004:</strong> Yep.</p>

<hr />

[% END %]
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sites on the Google or Amazon clouds.
</p>

<p>
As interest in Perl and Perl Mongers has declined, and the
cost of supporting services has increased, we've scaled back what we
provide.
</p>

<h3>
Who do I contact for help?
</h3>
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to personalize the text message, you can add '?notext=1' to the src string.
You can see the ad rotation in action at the bottom right corner of this page.
</p>
<h3>
Didn't you offer more services in the past?
</h3>
<p>
Yes. As interest in Perl and Perl Mongers has declined, and the
cost of supporting services has increased, we've scaled back what we
provide.
</p>

[% END %]

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