There is an existing web forum that has ongoing discussions of most aspects of the project here: http://www.mersenneforum.org
-Dan -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ryan Malayter Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2004 12:13 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Mersenne: End of list What are the alternatives? Yahoo! Groups? Gordon, could you export the member list into a new yahoo group if need be? > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gordon > Irlam > Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2004 1:30 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Mersenne: End of list > > FYI. I intend to end this list shortly. > > When it was established some 10 years ago, other venues for discussing > these issues did not exist, and could not easily be created. > Now other > venues and mailing lists exist. > > The cost to me of maintaining this list are two fold: > > - the need to maintain a server connected to the Internet > (higher connection costs; difficulty moving from house to house; > and need to worry about system reliability and uptime) > > - time taken upgrading my system (need to upgrade from majordomo > to mailman; and costs of maintaining the configuration from > one upgrade to the next) > > Since alternatives exist, I am not making very much of a difference by > hosting these lists, and I am doing so at significant cost. Hence my > decision to end the list. > > I will allow discussion of alternative lists people may wish to join > before closing this list. > > thanks, > gordon (list admin) > ______________________________________________________________ > ___________ > Unsubscribe & list info -- http://www.ndatech.com/mersenne/signup.htm > Mersenne Prime FAQ -- http://www.tasam.com/~lrwiman/FAQ-mers > _________________________________________________________________________ Unsubscribe & list info -- http://www.ndatech.com/mersenne/signup.htm Mersenne Prime FAQ -- http://www.tasam.com/~lrwiman/FAQ-mers _________________________________________________________________________ Unsubscribe & list info -- http://www.ndatech.com/mersenne/signup.htm Mersenne Prime FAQ -- http://www.tasam.com/~lrwiman/FAQ-mers
