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Mailing Lists

There are a number of ways to stay abreast of ongoing progress of Mifos development. Communication tools to foster collaboration and discussion are detailed below.

      How Our Mailing Lists Work

      Our mailing lists (listservs), hosted on Sourceforge are the primary means of communication in the Mifos community. To engage yourself with other participants and learn what's going on, sign up.
      • Read the sections below.
      • Sign up for the mailing list you are interested in.
      • Once you are approved, you'll star receiving mails from the list.
      • To reply to the community, respond to the email.
      • To post your questions and comments, use the appropriate mailing list email address.
      • You can also search the archives to read previous posts (and to avoid repeating posts!)
      *If you're not sure which mailing list to post to, please refer to the Mailing List Discussion Topic Matrix for guidance.

      Etiquette

      The following list of core values should be your guiding light when posting mailing list messages:

      • Politeness
      • Respect
      • Trust
      • Humility

      The following guidelines are designed to facilitate effortless communication on the Mifos mailing lists. Please be a considerate list citizen and abide by them!

      • search first! If there is already a thread on the topic you'd like to post, reply to it. It's fine to start a new thread if the existing one is very old, but consider including a link to the existing thread in your new post.
      • choose a meaningful subject line and keep related messages in the thread. Your emails will become part of a permanent record that will help future developers, Mifos specialists, project managers, and others
      • quote only the relevant portion of the email to which you are replying, then post your response below the quoted text
      • your current work email may not be ideal for participation in an open source project. Consider getting a new email address through a free provider.
      • post in plain text, not HTML
      • many on the list have low-bandwidth connections, so please don't attach files larger than 10 kilobytes. Host them somewhere else and provide a link to the download. It is also a good idea to include a secure hash like an SHA-1 checksum of the file so others will know the content was not tampered with. The command-line program "sha1sum" works fine for this for this purpose.
      • shorten long hyperlinks using a service like TinyURL or Snipr.
      • see netiquette and ESR's advice on asking smart questions for more ideas on proper etiquette

      Announcement Mailing List

      This a low-volume mailing list to announce major releases and security upgrades for Mifos.  Frequency of traffic will be low with outbound messages from moderator only. This is a recommended subscription for all members of the Mifos community.

      Signup | Archives (mirror 1, mirror 2) | USENET, RSS feeds

      Users Mailing List

      This is the place to discuss getting Mifos up and running, practical usage on a day to day basis, and to share best practices in using Mifos.  Aimed towards user of all technical levels, this is the best way to get support from the community in guiding the deployment of Mifos at your organization; sample discussion topics include:

      • Discussion on installation and configuration issues
      • Advice on database, operating system, security, and network setup
      • Suggestions on configuration options
      • Basic troubleshooting and resolutions to common errors
      • Advice on building out  a training and post-deployment support plan
      • Sharing best practices and tips on effectively using Mifos

      Signup | Archives (mirror 1, mirror 2) | USENET, RSS feeds

      The google groups (1) and gmane (2) mirror archives have cleaner interfaces and are easier to search.

      Functional Mailing List

      Need to discuss functionality of the Mifos platform? The functional mailing list will allow you to:

      • Discuss functional requirements for new features
      • Ask functional clarifications
      • Suggest new features to be added to Mifos.

      Signup | Archives (mirror 1, mirror 2) | USENET, RSS feeds

      The google groups (1) and gmane (2) mirror archives have cleaner interfaces and are easier to search. The gmane mirror is a full mirror of all messages on the sourceforge.net archives.

      Developer Mailing List

      Interested in learning more about the ongoing development of Mifos or contributing? The developer mailing list is the place to:

      • Participate in design decisions
      • Suggest approaches or work on specific items
      • Provide feedback on code quality
      • Respond to design questions

      Signup | Archives (mirror 1, mirror 2) | USENET, RSS feeds

      The google groups (1) and gmane (2) mirror archives have cleaner interfaces and are easier to search. The gmane mirror is a full mirror of all messages on the sourceforge.net archives.

      Other Mailing Lists

      Issue Tracker Change Notifications

      Keep up to date with changes in the issue tracker.  Daily traffic is between 10-20 emails per day.

      Mailing List Address | Signup | Archives | (mirror 1, mirror 2) | USENET, RSS feeds

       

      Source Code Commit Notifications

      Monitor and track commits to the source code.  Daily traffic is approximately 5 emails per day.

      Mailing List Address | Signup | Archives | (mirror 1, mirror 2) | USENET, RSS feeds

      Other Useful Communication Tools

      IRC

      Mifos also has a chat room set up. Get instructions to join here.  A an archive of these chat logs can be found here.

      Developer's Wiki

      Another vibrant source of developer discussion and communication is the Developer's Wiki. Learn more about using this open collaboration space.

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