Re: move to mailman

From: danl_miller (danl_miller_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-03-11 23:38:14

--- In boost_at_y..., "David Abrahams" <david.abrahams_at_r...> wrote:
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "danl_miller" <danl_miller_at_b...>
> To: <boost_at_y...>
> Sent: Monday, March 11, 2002 11:48 AM
> Subject: [boost] Re: move to mailman
> 
> 
> > --- In boost_at_y..., "David Abrahams" <david.abrahams_at_r...> wrote:
> > > Hi Everyone,
> > >
> > > Someone recently asked if Mailman will provide a web-posting
> > interface.
> > > The answer is "no, not directly". However, there are any number
of
> > > places to get a free web-based email account (e.g. HotMail,
Yahoo,
> > > etc.). You can always do that.
> > ...
> >
> >   When will access via newsgroups be available?
> 
> When someone figures out what we need to do to get it set up and
finds
> us the resources (if any are required). IU will not host an nntp
server
> for us, but AFAIK we're not even sure if that's needed. We never
really
> got to the bottom of the "what's needed to set up a usenet
newsgroup"
> question.
> 
> >   Speaking of the multithousand emails per month on the Boost
> > developer email list (and the possibility of newsgroups now that
we
> > are outide of yahoo), I think serious thought should be given to
> > decomposing the Boost developer email list into separate
categories,
> > such as one newsgroup/list per library and one lower-traffic
general
> > newsgroup/list.  Moderators would enforce that postings stay
on-topic
> > for that category.
> 
> I've been reluctant to split things up too much. Valuable
> cross-pollination might be lost. Also, suggestions like this one
tend to
> imply a lot of work, usually for other people. What are you willing
to
> volunteer for?
> 
> -Dave

  After finishing the revisions to the Boost WWW-site to address the
autotools adjunct build-environment as I promised, I am focusing on
multithread/concurrency topics for the foreseeable future.  I am
putting the finishing touches on the WWW-site update.

  If the newsgroup momentum that I started to see building in
subsequent postings on this thread continue, then a Boost developer
newsgroup will meet my needs of controlling an otherwise overwhelming
amount of email.