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Dear Ruben Safir,

The board of the Free Software Foundation (FSF) announced today that
associate members of the FSF will be able to nominate and evaluate
candidates for the nonprofit's board of directors for the first time
in the organization's 37-year history. FSF currently has just over
5,000 associate members.

Under new procedures adopted by the FSF board on January 17 and
summarized here, the organization will proactively engage [associate
members][1] with a sufficient history of association with the FSF in
the recruiting process by inviting them to suggest board nominees and
then research collectively those nominees' suitability for a position
on the board, including most importantly their record of commitment to
free software ideals.

[1]: https://member.fsf.org

The new community engagement process is a key result of a six-month
consultant-led review designed to help make FSF governance and
recruitment practices more transparent and participatory, while more
systematically ensuring their commitment to the FSF's values and
principles.

Following the new procedures, voting members (which include all
current directors and are listed [here][2]) can start a process to
recruit new directors, or a modified process to reconsider existing
directors. To understand further the relationship between voting
members and directors, see the [FSF Board Frequently Asked
Questions][3].

[2]: https://fsf.org/about/staff-and-board
[3]: https://www.fsf.org/news/fsf-board-frequently-asked-questions-faq#BoardvsVoting.

The FSF intends to first add several new directors in 2022, utilizing
these new procedures, and then begin a review of existing directors.
The FSF staff and board have made this expanded engagement process a
high priority and are working together to put in place the necessary
infrastructure to support it, with a target to activate it within the
first quarter of 2022. The FSF will publicly announce each stage in
the process.

"Opening the director recruitment process to our associate members is
a historic and welcome milestone for the FSF," said FSF president
Geoffrey Knauth. "We are pleased to engage the free software community
in attracting new talent to our leadership who will keep the
freedoms."

Voting members will review the community's nominations. A nominee may
be removed from consideration if at least two voting members vote to
do so without opposition from other voting members.

The voting members will discuss the candidates and decide which should
move forward in the process next. The FSF's associate members will
then review each nominee's application, then evaluate and comment on
those nominees in a private, staff-moderated discussion forum.

Voting members will review this input and privately interview the
finalists to assess their candidacy, ideals, and commitment to free
software, then vote on their appointment.

Finalists who receive a majority vote of the voting members will be
invited to join the board as trial directors for three months and
asked to sign the newly adopted [Board Member Agreement][4]. During
the trial period, trial directors will be invited to all meetings and
be privy to all board information but will not be able to vote. A
trial director is appointed as a full director by a majority of the
voting members after the trial period. The voting members can shorten
or extend a trial director's trial period if necessary.

[4]: https://www.fsf.org/about/board-member-agreement

After the new directors are selected, a similar review process will be
run for all previously sitting directors who wish to continue their
service. The review process for existing directors will not include a
nomination or trial period.

The process is designed such that new iterations for both recruiting
new directors and reviewing existing directors can be run whenever the
need arises in the future.

Today's announcement of this community engagement process for board
recruitment and review follows the FSF's [recent implementation][5] of
two new measures designed to help improve FSF governance -- a Board Member Agreement that enumerates the responsibilities of directors,
and a [Code of Ethics][6] that lays out principles to guide their
decision-making and activities.

[5]: https://www.fsf.org/news/fsf-adopts-new-governance-framework-for-board-members
[6]: https://www.fsf.org/about/board-of-directors-code-of-ethics

"We have worked hard to strengthen governance standards at the FSF and
to create a transparent leadership recruitment process. We look
forward to tackling new challenges and opportunities this year."
Knauth said. "Our next steps are to publish the forms for board
candidate nominations and applications, and to host an online
discussion forum to foster community engagement around the nominees."

In freedom,

Free Software Foundation Board of Directors

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Dear Ruben Safir,



The board of the Free Software Foundation (FSF) announced today that
associate members of the FSF will be able to nominate and evaluate
candidates for the nonprofit's board of directors for the first time
in the organization's 37-year history. FSF currently has just over
5,000 associate members.



Under new procedures adopted by the FSF board on January 17 and
summarized here, the organization will proactively engage associate
members
with a sufficient history of association with the FSF in
the recruiting process by inviting them to suggest board nominees and
then research collectively those nominees' suitability for a position
on the board, including most importantly their record of commitment to
free software ideals.



The new community engagement process is a key result of a six-month
consultant-led review designed to help make FSF governance and
recruitment practices more transparent and participatory, while more
systematically ensuring their commitment to the FSF's values and
principles.



Following the new procedures, voting members (which include all
current directors and are listed here) can start a process to
recruit new directors, or a modified process to reconsider existing
directors. To understand further the relationship between voting
members and directors, see the FSF Board Frequently Asked
Questions
.



The FSF intends to first add several new directors in 2022, utilizing
these new procedures, and then begin a review of existing directors.
The FSF staff and board have made this expanded engagement process a
high priority and are working together to put in place the necessary
infrastructure to support it, with a target to activate it within the
first quarter of 2022. The FSF will publicly announce each stage in
the process.



"Opening the director recruitment process to our associate members is
a historic and welcome milestone for the FSF," said FSF president
Geoffrey Knauth. "We are pleased to engage the free software community
in attracting new talent to our leadership who will keep the
freedoms."



Voting members will review the community's nominations. A nominee may
be removed from consideration if at least two voting members vote to
do so without opposition from other voting members.



The voting members will discuss the candidates and decide which should
move forward in the process next. The FSF's associate members will
then review each nominee's application, then evaluate and comment on
those nominees in a private, staff-moderated discussion forum.



Voting members will review this input and privately interview the
finalists to assess their candidacy, ideals, and commitment to free
software, then vote on their appointment.



Finalists who receive a majority vote of the voting members will be
invited to join the board as trial directors for three months and
asked to sign the newly adopted Board Member Agreement. During
the trial period, trial directors will be invited to all meetings and
be privy to all board information but will not be able to vote. A
trial director is appointed as a full director by a majority of the
voting members after the trial period. The voting members can shorten
or extend a trial director's trial period if necessary.



After the new directors are selected, a similar review process will be
run for all previously sitting directors who wish to continue their
service. The review process for existing directors will not include a
nomination or trial period.



The process is designed such that new iterations for both recruiting
new directors and reviewing existing directors can be run whenever the
need arises in the future.



Today's announcement of this community engagement process for board
recruitment and review follows the FSF's recent implementation of
two new measures designed to help improve FSF governance -- a Board Member Agreement that enumerates the responsibilities of directors,
and a Code of Ethics that lays out principles to guide their
decision-making and activities.



"We have worked hard to strengthen governance standards at the FSF and
to create a transparent leadership recruitment process. We look
forward to tackling new challenges and opportunities this year."
Knauth said. "Our next steps are to publish the forms for board
candidate nominations and applications, and to host an online
discussion forum to foster community engagement around the nominees."



In freedom,



Free Software Foundation Board of Directors






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Dear Ruben Safir,

The board of the Free Software Foundation (FSF) announced today that
associate members of the FSF will be able to nominate and evaluate
candidates for the nonprofit's board of directors for the first time
in the organization's 37-year history. FSF currently has just over
5,000 associate members.

Under new procedures adopted by the FSF board on January 17 and
summarized here, the organization will proactively engage [associate
members][1] with a sufficient history of association with the FSF in
the recruiting process by inviting them to suggest board nominees and
then research collectively those nominees' suitability for a position
on the board, including most importantly their record of commitment to
free software ideals.

[1]: https://member.fsf.org

The new community engagement process is a key result of a six-month
consultant-led review designed to help make FSF governance and
recruitment practices more transparent and participatory, while more
systematically ensuring their commitment to the FSF's values and
principles.

Following the new procedures, voting members (which include all
current directors and are listed [here][2]) can start a process to
recruit new directors, or a modified process to reconsider existing
directors. To understand further the relationship between voting
members and directors, see the [FSF Board Frequently Asked
Questions][3].

[2]: https://fsf.org/about/staff-and-board
[3]: https://www.fsf.org/news/fsf-board-frequently-asked-questions-faq#BoardvsVoting.

The FSF intends to first add several new directors in 2022, utilizing
these new procedures, and then begin a review of existing directors.
The FSF staff and board have made this expanded engagement process a
high priority and are working together to put in place the necessary
infrastructure to support it, with a target to activate it within the
first quarter of 2022. The FSF will publicly announce each stage in
the process.

"Opening the director recruitment process to our associate members is
a historic and welcome milestone for the FSF," said FSF president
Geoffrey Knauth. "We are pleased to engage the free software community
in attracting new talent to our leadership who will keep the
freedoms."

Voting members will review the community's nominations. A nominee may
be removed from consideration if at least two voting members vote to
do so without opposition from other voting members.

The voting members will discuss the candidates and decide which should
move forward in the process next. The FSF's associate members will
then review each nominee's application, then evaluate and comment on
those nominees in a private, staff-moderated discussion forum.

Voting members will review this input and privately interview the
finalists to assess their candidacy, ideals, and commitment to free
software, then vote on their appointment.

Finalists who receive a majority vote of the voting members will be
invited to join the board as trial directors for three months and
asked to sign the newly adopted [Board Member Agreement][4]. During
the trial period, trial directors will be invited to all meetings and
be privy to all board information but will not be able to vote. A
trial director is appointed as a full director by a majority of the
voting members after the trial period. The voting members can shorten
or extend a trial director's trial period if necessary.

[4]: https://www.fsf.org/about/board-member-agreement

After the new directors are selected, a similar review process will be
run for all previously sitting directors who wish to continue their
service. The review process for existing directors will not include a
nomination or trial period.

The process is designed such that new iterations for both recruiting
new directors and reviewing existing directors can be run whenever the
need arises in the future.

Today's announcement of this community engagement process for board
recruitment and review follows the FSF's [recent implementation][5] of
two new measures designed to help improve FSF governance -- a Board Member Agreement that enumerates the responsibilities of directors,
and a [Code of Ethics][6] that lays out principles to guide their
decision-making and activities.

[5]: https://www.fsf.org/news/fsf-adopts-new-governance-framework-for-board-members
[6]: https://www.fsf.org/about/board-of-directors-code-of-ethics

"We have worked hard to strengthen governance standards at the FSF and
to create a transparent leadership recruitment process. We look
forward to tackling new challenges and opportunities this year."
Knauth said. "Our next steps are to publish the forms for board
candidate nominations and applications, and to host an online
discussion forum to foster community engagement around the nominees."

In freedom,

Free Software Foundation Board of Directors

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Dear Ruben Safir,



The board of the Free Software Foundation (FSF) announced today that
associate members of the FSF will be able to nominate and evaluate
candidates for the nonprofit's board of directors for the first time
in the organization's 37-year history. FSF currently has just over
5,000 associate members.



Under new procedures adopted by the FSF board on January 17 and
summarized here, the organization will proactively engage associate
members
with a sufficient history of association with the FSF in
the recruiting process by inviting them to suggest board nominees and
then research collectively those nominees' suitability for a position
on the board, including most importantly their record of commitment to
free software ideals.



The new community engagement process is a key result of a six-month
consultant-led review designed to help make FSF governance and
recruitment practices more transparent and participatory, while more
systematically ensuring their commitment to the FSF's values and
principles.



Following the new procedures, voting members (which include all
current directors and are listed here) can start a process to
recruit new directors, or a modified process to reconsider existing
directors. To understand further the relationship between voting
members and directors, see the FSF Board Frequently Asked
Questions
.



The FSF intends to first add several new directors in 2022, utilizing
these new procedures, and then begin a review of existing directors.
The FSF staff and board have made this expanded engagement process a
high priority and are working together to put in place the necessary
infrastructure to support it, with a target to activate it within the
first quarter of 2022. The FSF will publicly announce each stage in
the process.



"Opening the director recruitment process to our associate members is
a historic and welcome milestone for the FSF," said FSF president
Geoffrey Knauth. "We are pleased to engage the free software community
in attracting new talent to our leadership who will keep the
freedoms."



Voting members will review the community's nominations. A nominee may
be removed from consideration if at least two voting members vote to
do so without opposition from other voting members.



The voting members will discuss the candidates and decide which should
move forward in the process next. The FSF's associate members will
then review each nominee's application, then evaluate and comment on
those nominees in a private, staff-moderated discussion forum.



Voting members will review this input and privately interview the
finalists to assess their candidacy, ideals, and commitment to free
software, then vote on their appointment.



Finalists who receive a majority vote of the voting members will be
invited to join the board as trial directors for three months and
asked to sign the newly adopted Board Member Agreement. During
the trial period, trial directors will be invited to all meetings and
be privy to all board information but will not be able to vote. A
trial director is appointed as a full director by a majority of the
voting members after the trial period. The voting members can shorten
or extend a trial director's trial period if necessary.



After the new directors are selected, a similar review process will be
run for all previously sitting directors who wish to continue their
service. The review process for existing directors will not include a
nomination or trial period.



The process is designed such that new iterations for both recruiting
new directors and reviewing existing directors can be run whenever the
need arises in the future.



Today's announcement of this community engagement process for board
recruitment and review follows the FSF's recent implementation of
two new measures designed to help improve FSF governance -- a Board Member Agreement that enumerates the responsibilities of directors,
and a Code of Ethics that lays out principles to guide their
decision-making and activities.



"We have worked hard to strengthen governance standards at the FSF and
to create a transparent leadership recruitment process. We look
forward to tackling new challenges and opportunities this year."
Knauth said. "Our next steps are to publish the forms for board
candidate nominations and applications, and to host an online
discussion forum to foster community engagement around the nominees."



In freedom,



Free Software Foundation Board of Directors






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  1. 2022-01-01 From: "Greg Farough, FSF" <info-at-fsf.org> Subject: [Hangout - NYLXS] Help keep the end-of-year momentum going:
  2. 2022-01-02 Ruben Safir <ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com> Subject: [Hangout - NYLXS] Taking the eye off the ball
  3. 2022-01-03 G?bor Szab? <gabor-at-szabgab.com> Subject: [Hangout - NYLXS] [Perlweekly] #545 - Happy, Healthy,
  4. 2022-01-04 Ruben Safir <ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com> Subject: [Hangout - NYLXS] Fwd: This is How They Really Talk About Israel
  5. 2022-01-04 From: "Free Software Foundation" <info-at-fsf.org> Subject: [Hangout - NYLXS] Free Software Supporter Issue 165, January 2022
  6. 2022-01-06 IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society <noreply-at-embs.org> Subject: [Hangout - NYLXS] Call for Papers - 9th IEEE RAS/EMBS International
  7. 2022-01-06 raf <postfix-at-raf.org> Re: [Hangout - NYLXS] Adding Additional domains and outgoing email
  8. 2022-01-05 raf <postfix-at-raf.org> Re: [Hangout - NYLXS] Adding Additional domains and outgoing email
  9. 2022-01-06 Viktor Dukhovni <postfix-users-at-dukhovni.org> Re: [Hangout - NYLXS] Adding Additional domains and outgoing email
  10. 2022-01-03 raf <postfix-at-raf.org> Re: [Hangout - NYLXS] Adding Additional domains and outgoing email
  11. 2022-01-05 Viktor Dukhovni <postfix-users-at-dukhovni.org> Re: [Hangout - NYLXS] Adding Additional domains and outgoing email
  12. 2022-01-05 Viktor Dukhovni <postfix-users-at-dukhovni.org> Re: [Hangout - NYLXS] Adding Additional domains and outgoing email
  13. 2022-01-05 Ruben Safir <ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com> Re: [Hangout - NYLXS] Adding Additional domains and outgoing email
  14. 2022-01-03 Ruben Safir <ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com> Re: [Hangout - NYLXS] Adding Additional domains and outgoing email
  15. 2022-01-08 Alain Knaff via info-gnu <info-gnu-at-gnu.org> Subject: [Hangout - NYLXS] GNU mtools 4.0.37 released
  16. 2022-01-09 Ruben Safir <ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com> Subject: [Hangout - NYLXS] Aaron Swartz
  17. 2022-01-09 Ruben Safir <ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com> Subject: [Hangout - NYLXS] Rutstein DMCA lawsuite
  18. 2022-01-09 Ruben Safir <ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com> Subject: [Hangout - NYLXS] More on the Rutstien DMCA copyright suite
  19. 2022-01-09 Alexandre Oliva <lxoliva-at-fsfla.org> Subject: [Hangout - NYLXS] GNU Linux-libre 5.16-gnu
  20. 2022-01-10 G?bor Szab? <gabor-at-szabgab.com> Subject: [Hangout - NYLXS] [Perlweekly] #546 - Perl Books
  21. 2022-01-10 Alex <mysqlstudent-at-gmail.com> Subject: [Hangout - NYLXS] TLS ciphers
  22. 2022-01-10 Alex <mysqlstudent-at-gmail.com> Re: [Hangout - NYLXS] TLS ciphers
  23. 2022-01-10 From: "Medscape News Alert" <Medscape_News_Alert-at-mail.medscape.com> Subject: [Hangout - NYLXS] FDA OKs New Adult Insomnia Med
  24. 2022-01-11 Ruben Safir <ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com> Subject: [Hangout - NYLXS] One Man, One Vote..
  25. 2022-01-11 From: "Shaina Taub" <shainataub-at-e.atlanticrecords.com> Subject: [Hangout - NYLXS] 'Songs of the Great Hill'
  26. 2022-01-12 Luis Falcon <falcon-at-gnuhealth.org> Re: [Hangout - NYLXS] [Health] Renaming openSUSE repositories for
  27. 2022-01-12 Luis Falcon <falcon-at-gnuhealth.org> Re: [Hangout - NYLXS] [Health] MyGNUHealth Flatpak
  28. 2022-01-11 Alessio <alciregi-at-posteo.net> Subject: [Hangout - NYLXS] [Health] MyGNUHealth Flatpak
  29. 2022-01-12 Axel Braun <axel.braun-at-gmx.de> Subject: [Hangout - NYLXS] [Health] Renaming openSUSE repositories for GNU
  30. 2022-01-12 Axel Braun <axel.braun-at-gmx.de> Re: [Hangout - NYLXS] [Health] MyGNUHealth Flatpak
  31. 2022-01-14 Ruben Safir <ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com> Subject: [Hangout - NYLXS] what vaccines mean to business
  32. 2022-01-15 Ruben Safir <ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com> Subject: [Hangout - NYLXS] Anti-Semetism in the coin business?
  33. 2022-01-15 Ruben Safir <ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com> Subject: [Hangout - NYLXS] You really need to see what can be done without a
  34. 2022-01-14 From: "Greg Farough, FSF" <info-at-fsf.org> Subject: [Hangout - NYLXS] Share your free software journey and help others
  35. 2022-01-15 Alessio <alciregi-at-posteo.net> Re: [Hangout - NYLXS] [Health] desktop and metainfo files
  36. 2022-01-15 From: "Medscape CME & Education" <Medscape-at-mail.medscape.org> Subject: [Hangout - NYLXS] Help Improve The Lives of Those Living With HIV
  37. 2022-01-14 Luis Falcon <falcon-at-gnuhealth.org> Re: [Hangout - NYLXS] [Health] desktop and metainfo files
  38. 2022-01-14 Alessio <alciregi-at-posteo.net> Subject: [Hangout - NYLXS] [Health] desktop and metainfo files
  39. 2022-01-14 Luis Falcon <falcon-at-gnuhealth.org> Re: [Hangout - NYLXS] [Health] Renaming openSUSE repositories for
  40. 2022-01-14 Axel Braun <axel.braun-at-gnuhealth.org> Re: [Hangout - NYLXS] [Health] Renaming openSUSE repositories for
  41. 2022-01-17 Ruben Safir <ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com> Subject: [Hangout - NYLXS] Faucci and his critics
  42. 2022-01-17 G?bor Szab? <gabor-at-szabgab.com> Subject: [Hangout - NYLXS] [Perlweekly] #547 - Learning a human language vs.
  43. 2022-01-17 Luis Falcon <falcon-at-gnuhealth.org> Re: [Hangout - NYLXS] [Health] desktop and metainfo files
  44. 2022-01-17 Alessio <alciregi-at-posteo.net> Re: [Hangout - NYLXS] [Health] desktop and metainfo files
  45. 2022-01-17 Luis Falcon <falcon-at-gnuhealth.org> Re: [Hangout - NYLXS] [Health] desktop and metainfo files
  46. 2022-01-17 Luis Falcon <falcon-at-gnuhealth.org> Re: [Hangout - NYLXS] [Health] desktop and metainfo files
  47. 2022-01-18 Alessio <alciregi-at-posteo.net> Re: [Hangout - NYLXS] [Health] desktop and metainfo files
  48. 2022-01-18 Ruben Safir <ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com> Re: [Hangout - NYLXS] Adding Additional domains and outgoing email
  49. 2022-01-18 Ruben Safir <ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com> Re: [Hangout - NYLXS] Adding Additional domains and outgoing email
  50. 2022-01-18 Wietse Venema <wietse-at-porcupine.org> Re: [Hangout - NYLXS] Adding Additional domains and outgoing email
  51. 2022-01-18 Ruben Safir <ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com> Re: [Hangout - NYLXS] Adding Additional domains and outgoing email
  52. 2022-01-18 Matus UHLAR - fantomas <uhlar-at-fantomas.sk> Re: [Hangout - NYLXS] Adding Additional domains and outgoing email
  53. 2022-01-18 Wietse Venema <wietse-at-porcupine.org> Re: [Hangout - NYLXS] Adding Additional domains and outgoing email
  54. 2022-01-18 Ruben Safir <ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com> Re: [Hangout - NYLXS] Adding Additional domains and outgoing email
  55. 2022-01-18 Chris Green <cl-at-isbd.net> Re: [Hangout - NYLXS] Adding a second line to .forward,
  56. 2022-01-18 Ruben Safir <ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com> Re: [Hangout - NYLXS] Adding Additional domains and outgoing email
  57. 2022-01-18 Wietse Venema <wietse-at-porcupine.org> Re: [Hangout - NYLXS] Adding Additional domains and outgoing email
  58. 2022-01-12 Bill Cole <postfixlists-070913-at-billmail.scconsult.com> Re: [Hangout - NYLXS] Adding Additional domains and outgoing email
  59. 2022-01-18 Wietse Venema <wietse-at-porcupine.org> Re: [Hangout - NYLXS] Adding a second line to .forward,
  60. 2022-01-12 Bill Cole <postfixlists-070913-at-billmail.scconsult.com> Re: [Hangout - NYLXS] Adding Additional domains and outgoing email
  61. 2022-01-12 Ruben Safir <ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com> Re: [Hangout - NYLXS] Adding Additional domains and outgoing email
  62. 2022-01-12 Wietse Venema <wietse-at-porcupine.org> Re: [Hangout - NYLXS] Adding Additional domains and outgoing email
  63. 2022-01-12 Wietse Venema <wietse-at-porcupine.org> Re: [Hangout - NYLXS] Adding Additional domains and outgoing email
  64. 2022-01-11 raf <postfix-at-raf.org> Re: [Hangout - NYLXS] Adding Additional domains and outgoing email
  65. 2022-01-11 Phil Biggs <mb170712-at-pjb.cc> Subject: [Hangout - NYLXS] Virtual users with postfix and dovecot
  66. 2022-01-11 Ruben Safir <ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com> Re: [Hangout - NYLXS] Adding Additional domains and outgoing email
  67. 2022-01-18 Ruben Safir <ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com> Re: [Hangout - NYLXS] Adding Additional domains and outgoing email
  68. 2022-01-18 Matus UHLAR - fantomas <uhlar-at-fantomas.sk> Re: [Hangout - NYLXS] Adding Additional domains and outgoing email
  69. 2022-01-18 Wietse Venema <wietse-at-porcupine.org> Re: [Hangout - NYLXS] Adding Additional domains and outgoing email
  70. 2022-01-18 Ruben Safir <ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com> Re: [Hangout - NYLXS] Adding Additional domains and outgoing email
  71. 2022-01-18 Ruben Safir <ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com> Re: [Hangout - NYLXS] Adding Additional domains and outgoing email
  72. 2022-01-18 Ruben Safir <ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com> Re: [Hangout - NYLXS] Adding Additional domains and outgoing email
  73. 2022-01-18 Wietse Venema <wietse-at-porcupine.org> Re: [Hangout - NYLXS] Adding Additional domains and outgoing email
  74. 2022-01-18 Ruben Safir <ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com> Re: [Hangout - NYLXS] Adding Additional domains and outgoing email
  75. 2022-01-18 Ruben Safir <ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com> Re: [Hangout - NYLXS] Adding Additional domains and outgoing email
  76. 2022-01-18 Ruben Safir <ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com> Re: [Hangout - NYLXS] Adding Additional domains and outgoing email
  77. 2022-01-18 Wietse Venema <wietse-at-porcupine.org> Re: [Hangout - NYLXS] Adding Additional domains and outgoing email
  78. 2022-01-11 Ruben Safir <ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com> Re: [Hangout - NYLXS] Adding Additional domains and outgoing email
  79. 2022-01-12 Wietse Venema <wietse-at-porcupine.org> Re: [Hangout - NYLXS] Adding Additional domains and outgoing email
  80. 2022-01-11 Bill Cole <postfixlists-070913-at-billmail.scconsult.com> Re: [Hangout - NYLXS] Adding Additional domains and outgoing email
  81. 2022-01-11 Ruben Safir <ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com> Re: [Hangout - NYLXS] Adding Additional domains and outgoing email
  82. 2022-01-18 Ruben Safir <ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com> Re: [Hangout - NYLXS] Adding Additional domains and outgoing email
  83. 2022-01-18 Chris Green <cl-at-isbd.net> Re: [Hangout - NYLXS] Adding a second line to .forward,
  84. 2022-01-18 Ruben Safir <ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com> Re: [Hangout - NYLXS] Adding Additional domains and outgoing email
  85. 2022-01-18 Wietse Venema <wietse-at-porcupine.org> Re: [Hangout - NYLXS] Adding Additional domains and outgoing email
  86. 2022-01-11 Phil Biggs <mb170712-at-pjb.cc> Subject: [Hangout - NYLXS] Virtual users with postfix and dovecot
  87. 2022-01-18 Wietse Venema <wietse-at-porcupine.org> Re: [Hangout - NYLXS] Adding Additional domains and outgoing email
  88. 2022-01-12 Ruben Safir <ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com> Re: [Hangout - NYLXS] Adding Additional domains and outgoing email
  89. 2022-01-18 Wietse Venema <wietse-at-porcupine.org> Re: [Hangout - NYLXS] Adding a second line to .forward,
  90. 2022-01-12 Wietse Venema <wietse-at-porcupine.org> Re: [Hangout - NYLXS] Adding Additional domains and outgoing email
  91. 2022-01-11 Ruben Safir <ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com> Re: [Hangout - NYLXS] Adding Additional domains and outgoing email
  92. 2022-01-12 Wietse Venema <wietse-at-porcupine.org> Re: [Hangout - NYLXS] Adding Additional domains and outgoing email
  93. 2022-01-11 Ruben Safir <ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com> Re: [Hangout - NYLXS] Adding Additional domains and outgoing email
  94. 2022-01-06 Viktor Dukhovni <postfix-users-at-dukhovni.org> Re: [Hangout - NYLXS] Adding Additional domains and outgoing email
  95. 2022-01-11 raf <postfix-at-raf.org> Re: [Hangout - NYLXS] Adding Additional domains and outgoing email
  96. 2022-01-06 raf <postfix-at-raf.org> Re: [Hangout - NYLXS] Adding Additional domains and outgoing email
  97. 2022-01-05 raf <postfix-at-raf.org> Re: [Hangout - NYLXS] Adding Additional domains and outgoing email
  98. 2022-01-05 Viktor Dukhovni <postfix-users-at-dukhovni.org> Re: [Hangout - NYLXS] Adding Additional domains and outgoing email
  99. 2022-01-05 Viktor Dukhovni <postfix-users-at-dukhovni.org> Re: [Hangout - NYLXS] Adding Additional domains and outgoing email
  100. 2022-01-12 Bill Cole <postfixlists-070913-at-billmail.scconsult.com> Re: [Hangout - NYLXS] Adding Additional domains and outgoing email
  101. 2022-01-12 Bill Cole <postfixlists-070913-at-billmail.scconsult.com> Re: [Hangout - NYLXS] Adding Additional domains and outgoing email
  102. 2022-01-11 Bill Cole <postfixlists-070913-at-billmail.scconsult.com> Re: [Hangout - NYLXS] Adding Additional domains and outgoing email
  103. 2022-01-11 Ruben Safir <ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com> Re: [Hangout - NYLXS] Adding Additional domains and outgoing email
  104. 2022-01-12 Wietse Venema <wietse-at-porcupine.org> Re: [Hangout - NYLXS] Adding Additional domains and outgoing email
  105. 2022-01-11 Ruben Safir <ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com> Re: [Hangout - NYLXS] Adding Additional domains and outgoing email
  106. 2022-01-05 Ruben Safir <ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com> Re: [Hangout - NYLXS] Adding Additional domains and outgoing email
  107. 2022-01-18 Matus UHLAR - fantomas <uhlar-at-fantomas.sk> Re: [Hangout - NYLXS] Adding Additional domains and outgoing email
  108. 2022-01-18 From: "Joe Acquisto-j4" <joea-at-j4computers.com> Re: [Hangout - NYLXS] SASL questions
  109. 2022-01-18 Ruben Safir <ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com> Re: [Hangout - NYLXS] Adding Additional domains and outgoing email
  110. 2022-01-18 Paul Robert Marino <prmarino1-at-gmail.com> Subject: [Hangout - NYLXS] Fwd: SASL questions
  111. 2022-01-18 Ruben Safir <mrbrklyn-at-panix.com> Subject: [Hangout - NYLXS] (fwd) de Blasio ruined New York City
  112. 2022-01-18 Ruben Safir <ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com> Subject: [Hangout - NYLXS] Check this out. It doesn
  113. 2022-01-18 Ruben Safir <ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com> Subject: [Hangout - NYLXS] Chofitz Chaim Auction needs some help...
  114. 2022-01-18 From: "Free Software Foundation" <info-at-fsf.org> Subject: [Hangout - NYLXS] FSF expands process for associate members to
  115. 2022-01-19 Rick Moen <rick-at-linuxmafia.com> Re: [Hangout - NYLXS] Check this out. It doesn
  116. 2022-01-20 aviva <aviva-at-gmx.us> Re: [Hangout - NYLXS] Check this out. It doesn
  117. 2022-01-20 Ruben Safir <ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com> Re: [Hangout - NYLXS] Check this out. It doesn
  118. 2022-01-19 From: "Free Software Foundation" <info-at-fsf.org> Subject: [Hangout - NYLXS] New year,
  119. 2022-01-24 G?bor Szab? <gabor-at-szabgab.com> Subject: [Hangout - NYLXS] [Perlweekly] #548 - Perl Books Collection
  120. 2022-01-25 Ruben Safir <ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com> Subject: [Hangout - NYLXS] The suppresion of desenting scientific opinions
  121. 2022-01-26 From: "Pat Schloss" <pschloss-at-umich.edu> Subject: [Hangout - NYLXS] [mothur] mothur v.1.47.0 release
  122. 2022-01-28 Ruben Safir <mrbrklyn-at-panix.com> Subject: [Hangout - NYLXS] security and Free Software in the WSJ - eh
  123. 2022-01-29 Ruben Safir <ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com> Subject: [Hangout - NYLXS] New Zealand Lockdown
  124. 2022-01-30 Steve Hay <stevehay-at-apache.org> Subject: [Hangout - NYLXS] [ANNOUNCE] mod_perl-2.0.12
  125. 2022-01-02 Ruben Safir <ruben-at-mrbrklyn.com> Re: [Hangout - NYLXS] Embperl and threaded mpm?
  126. 2022-01-02 Neil Gunton <neil-at-nilspace.com> Re: [Hangout - NYLXS] Embperl and threaded mpm?
  127. 2022-01-02 Jim Tappe <jtappe-at-gmail.com> Re: [Hangout - NYLXS] Embperl and threaded mpm?

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