[Kinejapan] Welcome to KineJapan via Yale

[Gerow Aaron]

Hello everyone and welcome to the “new” KineJapan! From now on, KineJapan mail will be distributed by a server at Yale.

This is a TEST mail to confirm that the server is working.

For those of you who have configured your mail software so that KineJapan mails are sent to a set folder, you might need to change the settings since mail will now be sent from a different server. 

Also, do remember you now need to send mail to a different address if you want to post to the list. Posts sent to the old server will not be distributed to the list.

There might be a few kinks the first few days, so please be patient. I am in Seoul right now, and will try to address any issues that come up if and when I can. 

If you didn’t get this mail, well then….

(But I have sent a last warning via the old server.)

Happy discussions!

Aaron Gerow
KineJapan co-owner
Yale University


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