Release checklist/mediawiki-announce-howto

How to send emails to the mediawiki-announce mailing list
The -announce mailing list is a special mailing list only used for announcements of MediaWiki releases. The purpose is so that MW administrators can get notifications of new releases without the noise of wikitech-l.

To send an email to the list follow these steps:


 * Prerequisite: Be subscribed to the list.
 * Search for your user on https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/admin/mediawiki-announce/members and UNCHECK the "mod" box (iow: allow posting without moderation)
 * Disable "Emergency Moderation" - https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/admin/mediawiki-announce/members?VARHELP=general/emergency
 * Send the email and verify it shows up on the archives: https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/mediawiki-announce/
 * Re-enable "Emergency Moderation" and recheck the "mod" box for the sender's account
 * Rejoice