# Block nabble forums

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/block-nabble-forums/455>\
**Category:** Forum and website feedback\
**Created:** [June 8, 2017, 11:43am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/block-nabble-forums/455 "2017-06-08T11:43:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![Fernando](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/fernando/32/5640_2.png) [@Fernando](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/Fernando)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2017, 11:43am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/block-nabble-forums/455/1 "2017-06-08T11:43:47Z")

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For anyone coming here from the mailing list, if you are interested in using Discourse via email, please see the following post:

> [@Using Discourse as a mailing list](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/using-discourse-as-a-mailing-list/67):
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> [Sign up to Discourse](https://discourse.slicer.org/latest) using your email address, and log in. Click user icon, then your user name: [image] Click “Preferences”: Click “Emails”: [image] Click “Enable mailing list mode”, and select frequency of emails: [image] By default, you will be subscribed to posts in all categories. To disable notifications for a category, visit the category page: [image] and select the “Muted” option in the notification preference menu: [image] To respond via email, simp…

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Hi all,

Isn’t it possible to modify the top message of slicer-users/devel to say that they are discontinued, add a link to Discourse and block the possibility to create new topics? Also, maybe ask the posters where they found the link to slicer-users/devel. So that hidden links are modified / removed.

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**Author:** ![lassoan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/lassoan/32/13_2.png) [@lassoan](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/lassoan)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2017, 12:35pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/block-nabble-forums/455/2 "2017-06-08T12:35:10Z")

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I don’t have access to any of these services but I agree these would need to be done. I think it should be possible to block new posts to the mailing list and set up an auto-response.

@pieper You told 1-2 weeks ago that everybody was busy with a grant renewal - maybe now you could find some time to address this?

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**Author:** ![pieper](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/pieper/32/8_2.png) [@pieper](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/pieper)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2017, 1:26pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/block-nabble-forums/455/3 "2017-06-08T13:26:58Z")

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Does anyone have experience or suggestions for best configuring mailman to be read-only?

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**Author:** ![ihnorton](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/ihnorton/32/9_2.png) [@ihnorton](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/ihnorton)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2017, 1:31pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/block-nabble-forums/455/4 "2017-06-08T13:31:12Z")

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Someone with admin access should be able to edit the landing page templates to remove the signup links, and post a link to discourse. There are various posts around about how to go further, but that one should be an easy start.

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**Author:** ![ihnorton](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/ihnorton/32/9_2.png) [@ihnorton](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/ihnorton)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2017, 1:32pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/block-nabble-forums/455/5 "2017-06-08T13:32:05Z")

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A post was split to a new topic: [Inviting slicer-[list] users to Discourse?](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/inviting-slicer-list-users-to-discourse/458)

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**Author:** ![ihnorton](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/ihnorton/32/9_2.png) [@ihnorton](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/ihnorton)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2017, 1:33pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/block-nabble-forums/455/6 "2017-06-08T13:33:15Z")

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I edited the Feedback page for Nightly and 4.6 to point to Discourse:

[https://www.slicer.org/wiki/Documentation/Nightly/Report\_a\_problem](https://www.slicer.org/wiki/Documentation/Nightly/Report_a_problem)

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**Author:** ![pieper](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/pieper/32/8_2.png) [@pieper](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/pieper)\
**Post date:** [June 8, 2017, 7:21pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/block-nabble-forums/455/7 "2017-06-08T19:21:08Z")

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@ihnorton do you know where the landing page template is configured? I already changed the introductory description but I don’t see a place to turn off signup links.

From a quick search it seems that it we could disable the list using “emergency” moderation mode [1] together with an autoresponder message [2] that explains the move to discourse. If there are no better suggestions I can try doing that (or pass over admin rights to anyone interested in experimenting).

[http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-admin/node14.html](http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-admin/node14.html)

[http://oregonstate.edu/helpdocs/faq/how-do-i-set-mailman-send-automatic-response-anyone-who-posts-list](http://oregonstate.edu/helpdocs/faq/how-do-i-set-mailman-send-automatic-response-anyone-who-posts-list)

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**Author:** ![pieper](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/pieper/32/8_2.png) [@pieper](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/pieper)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2017, 5:08pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/block-nabble-forums/455/8 "2017-06-09T17:08:17Z")

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I found the spot where I could comment out the subscribe option for the lists and pointed people here instead:

[http://massmail.spl.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/slicer-devel](http://massmail.spl.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/slicer-devel)

[http://massmail.spl.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/slicer-users](http://massmail.spl.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/slicer-users)

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**Author:** ![pieper](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/pieper/32/8_2.png) [@pieper](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/pieper)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2017, 5:21pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/block-nabble-forums/455/9 "2017-06-09T17:21:00Z")

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I updated the settings and added auto-response to all posts:

> ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/slicer/original/3X/9/c/9ce7f5eaa373f424394d28c4057dd08a57deadc7.png)

I decided not to block new posts with ‘emergency’ mode, at least for now. I think the autoresponse is enough.

I also emailed the lists with an announcement:

[http://massmail.spl.harvard.edu/public-archives/slicer-users/2017/012111.html](http://massmail.spl.harvard.edu/public-archives/slicer-users/2017/012111.html)

Any other ideas to complete the transition?

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**Author:** ![pieper](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/pieper/32/8_2.png) [@pieper](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/pieper)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2017, 5:22pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/block-nabble-forums/455/10 "2017-06-09T17:22:09Z")

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By the way I’m not sure who set up the nabble interface and I didn’t look into turning it off.

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**Author:** ![lassoan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/lassoan/32/13_2.png) [@lassoan](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/lassoan)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2017, 5:26pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/block-nabble-forums/455/11 "2017-06-09T17:26:20Z")

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Thanks Steve, this should help.

What happens if somebody sends an email to [slicer-devel@bwh.harvard.edu](mailto:slicer-devel@bwh.harvard.edu)? Does it get posted (sent to all subscribers)?  
Is the auto-response sent to all subscribers?  
I think it would be important to block posting of new messages because those would just clutter the archives and annoy subscribers. If subscription is disabled now, we could save the current user list (just in case we want to send invitation to Discourse, etc) and remove all subscribers.

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**Author:** ![fedorov](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/fedorov/32/14_2.png) [@fedorov](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/fedorov)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2017, 5:28pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/block-nabble-forums/455/12 "2017-06-09T17:28:41Z")

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> [@pieper](#):
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> I’m not sure who set up the nabble interface and I didn’t look into turning it off

Gmail to the rescue! 😉

---------- Forwarded message ----------  
From: Steve Pieper [pieper@bwh.harvard.edu](mailto:pieper@bwh.harvard.edu)  
Date: Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 7:21 PM  
Subject: Re: Nabble for Slicer lists?  
To: Andriy Fedorov [fedorov@bwh.harvard.edu](mailto:fedorov@bwh.harvard.edu)

Hi Andriy -

Excellent - very good thought. I’ve been trying to nag/threaten/bribe the help list to re-activate searchable archives for these lists but with no avail.

I went ahead and signed up and started archives for slicer-devel and slicer-users. We can see how it goes.

Thanks for the pointer!

-Steve

Andriy Fedorov wrote:

> Steve,
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> If I am not mistaken, Slicer lists are not searchable, and are not  
> indexed by Google at this point.
> 
> I don’t know if you know about Nabble ([http://www.nabble.com/](http://www.nabble.com/)), but  
> this seems like an easy way to index and archive Slicer lists for  
> better visibility in the community and ease of use.
> 
> Some Kitware lists archived in Nabble as an example of the capabilities:
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> [http://old.nabble.com/VTK-f14272.html](http://old.nabble.com/VTK-f14272.html)  
> [http://old.nabble.com/ITK-f14223.html](http://old.nabble.com/ITK-f14223.html)
> 
> AF

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**Author:** ![pieper](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/pieper/32/8_2.png) [@pieper](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/pieper)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2017, 5:55pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/block-nabble-forums/455/13 "2017-06-09T17:55:20Z")

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@fedorov Okay, guilty as charged!

I think I figured out how to turn off nabble and added a link to here.

@lassoan for now I only added the auto-responder and (unless you all got the message above) it only goes back to the original poster.

I see your point though about letting posts go through. I’ll switch to ‘emergency’ moderator mode.

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**Author:** ![pieper](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/pieper/32/8_2.png) [@pieper](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/pieper)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2017, 6:05pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/block-nabble-forums/455/14 "2017-06-09T18:05:03Z")

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Okay - now should have things set up to moderate all posts rather than send them and also sends the auto-response.