Fwd: updating wiki

Sun Nov 21 09:13:49 UTC 2010

Good, good.

It is sometimes ok to break out of a mailing list for a few mails and then give 
the list an update later = so that was all fine, don't worry.

Check typos and spellings in Documentation you edit.  Saying "ahve" in a mail is 
ok, most people convert that to "have" without even noticing but in 
documentation it is more important to try to get sepllings right (or american)

I think the main thing is congrats on getting the mail-server working despite 
documentation leading you astray ;)
Congrats and regards from
Tom :)

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From: Jonathan Aquilina <eagles051387 at gmail.com>
To: Ubuntu Doc <ubuntu-doc at lists.ubuntu.com>
Sent: Sun, 21 November, 2010 8:54:24
Subject: Fwd: updating wiki

forgot to include the doc list here

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Jonathan Aquilina <eagles051387 at gmail.com>
Date: Sun, Nov 21, 2010 at 9:53 AM
Subject: Re: updating wiki
To: Tom Davies <tomdavies04 at yahoo.co.uk>

i can do it just ahve to add a gigantic warning to not put the Maildir in an 
encrypted home directory. other then that the wiki is fine considering i have 
never setup an email server before its been quite a learning experience. but ill 
try and update the wiki today :)

On Sun, Nov 21, 2010 at 9:48 AM, Tom Davies <tomdavies04 at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

Hi :)
>
>I think it is wise for pages to state which release they are written for, 
>especially if there is 'some' coding on the page.  However i usually find that 
>only sundry petty changes need to be made, for example a coding line that 
>includes the word "dapper" might need to be edited to read "lucid" because Lucid 
>Lynx, the 10.04, is the latest LTS release.
>
>Yes it would be 'nice' if someone with recent experience using those pages were 
>able to go through and make the tiny changes and then check that the advice 
>still works.
>
>Obviously the dovecot wiki 'urgently' needs that  update because more people 
>appear to be using encrypted partitions now = or is it still only recent Windows 
>converts that bother?  Is there any chance of you doing the edit there Jonathon, 
>since you know  the change that is needed but other people might not be so 
>familiar with that page?
>
>
>Good luck and regards from
>Tom :)
>
>
>
>
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From: Jonathan Aquilina <eagles051387 at gmail.com>
>To: Zach Kriesse <zach.kleinhenz at gmail.com>
>Cc: Ubuntu Doc <ubuntu-doc at lists.ubuntu.com>
>Sent: Sun, 21 November, 2010 8:34:21
>Subject: Re: updating wiki
>
>
>Zach thign is the wiki's need an overhaul in general imho as they have how to's 
>for release which have been EOL'ed ages ago.
>
>
>also  for instance there is no mention on the dovecot wiki that encrypted home 
>directories shouldnt be used. i have spent the last month trying to figure out 
>why im having email issues :(.
>
>
>Would it be possible to develop some sort of game plan to update all wiki's and 
>how to's so they are up to date with more recent supported releases?
>
>
>On Sun, Nov 21, 2010 at 1:01 AM, Zach Kriesse <zach.kleinhenz at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>Depends upon the importance of the page and who edited it  but sometimes pages 
>can be lost. I myself along with Phillw are part of the Ubuntu Doc team and 
>Ubuntu Doc/Wiki Admins team so we have a bit more of a responsibility look over 
>pages...if you're ever in doubt send an email to the list, join #ubuntu-doc on 
>irc.freenode.net, or send me or phillw an email...glad to see your interest in 
>contributing...
>>
>>Cheers!
>>Zach K
>>
>>On Nov 20, 2010, at 10:36 AM, Jonathan Aquilina <eagles051387 at gmail.com> 
wrote:
>>
>>
>>thanks for the information. are the wiki pages check by people who know how 
>>things are setup etc to verify some sort of validity and correctness in the 
>>steps in the tutorial?
>>>
>>>
>>>On Sat, Nov 20, 2010 at 5:32 PM, Connor Imes <rocket2dmn at ubuntu.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>Hi Jonathan,
>>>>
>>>>Sorry for the delay in getting back to you.  You don't need to follow
>>>>any particular process to go about editing the wiki other than using
>>>>some best practice.  See the WikiGuide [1] for help with using the wiki
>>>>correctly.  You will need a Launchpad account in order to edit pages.
>>>>You are free to edit pages yourself, and you can also Tag [2] pages that
>>>>need work to alert others that the page in question is not fully up to date.
>>>>
>>>>[1] https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WikiGuide
>>>>[2] https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Tag
>>>>
>>>>Cheers,
>>>>-Connor
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>On 11/10/2010 02:48 AM, Jonathan Aquilina wrote:
>>>>> I use alot the wiki for various thing i have never setup before. I
>>>>> have noticed that alot of them are for really old releases which have
>>>>> reached their EOL. what needs to get done to start updating them, and
>>>>> getting them upto date with the latest supported releases.
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Jonathan Aquilina
>>>>
>>>
>>>
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