[#DIV28SUPER] Fwd: Listserv Server Upgrade Wednesday March 17th

Welcome upgrade to APA's communications infrastructure!

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From: "Wort, Jon" <jwort@apa.org>
Date: March 15, 2021 at 3:21:10 PM EDT
To: all-request@lists.apa.org
Subject: Listserv Server Upgrade Wednesday March 17th



Hi Listowner,

 

This is to let you know we will be doing a Listserv Upgrade Wednesday 17th, starting at 9am, we estimate the Listserv server's actual downtime will be around  2+ hours at some point during the day.

We are sending you this message because you are listed as an owner/ administrator of one or more APA or APA Services, Inc. Listserv lists.

 

We are upgrading the APA and APA Services (formerly APA Practice) Listserv servers Wednesday March 17 starting at 9am. The upgrade will improve the Listserv server's reliability, security, and functionality. We will be moving the servers to an Amazon web server and use a new SMTP mail handling server. We will be working on this migration and upgrade most of the day on Wednesday and estimate the actual down time of the server to be about 2 hours. The Listserv servers will be using a more secure website that will include HTTPS connection capability. When the upgrade is complete, users should be able to use the same bookmarks and email contacts that they've always used, however will we encourage them to use the more secure HTTPS web URL. We will maintain the current domains of lists.apa.org and lists.apapractice.org for now, and add the domain name lists.apasarvices.org which will also connect to the same server as lists.apapractice.org. Once the upgrade is complete, we want to encourage users to switch to using the lists.apaservices.org domain and eventually phase out the domain lists.apapractices.org.

 

The upgrade to the latest version of L-soft's Listserv 17 will enable list administrators (listowners) to use the current web look and feel or switch to the new web look for version 17. It will also be a mobile friendly look that makes it much easier to few and manage Listserv lists on mobile devices. The new version also will add better reporting abilities.

We think the improvements in speed, reliability, security, and usability will make the experience of using the Listserv servers a better one for APA and Apa Services, Inc subscribers.

 

Please share this notice to your list(s) so your subscribers will be aware of the upgrade.

Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions about the upgrade.

 

Thanks You

Jon Wort

 

Jonathan Wort,
Listmaster
Information Technology Services
American Psychological Association
750 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20002-4242
Email: listmaster@apa.org , jwort@apa.org

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