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/postorius/lists/mediawiki-announce.lists.wikimedia.org/members/member/ and set yourself to "Default processing"
• Disable "Emergency Moderation" - https://lists.wikimedia.org/postorius/lists/mediawiki-announce.lists.wikimedia.org/settings/message_acceptance
• Send the email and verify it shows up on the archives: https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/mediawiki-announce@lists.wikimedia.org/
• Re-enable "Emergency Moderation" and recheck the "mod" box for the sender's account
• Rejoice