Re: Mersenne: End of list

2004-05-04 Thread John R Pierce
for the continuation of the list, we'll need a new name... I'm suggesting... [EMAIL PROTECTED] is that good for everyone? What are these new names. Is this where majordome(or whatever mailing list manager you will use) will reside? And I want to add my appreciation to Gordon for his long

Re: Mersenne: End of list

2004-05-04 Thread Ralph Green, Jr
Howdy, What are these new names. Is this where majordome(or whatever mailing list manager you will use) will reside? And I want to add my appreciation to Gordon for his long service. Good day, Ralph On Wed, 2004-04-28, John R Pierce wrote: for the continuation of the list, we'll need a

Re: Mersenne: End of list

2004-04-28 Thread John R Pierce
At 11:30 AM 4/22/2004 -0700, Gordon Irlam wrote: FYI. I intend to end this list shortly. for the continuation of the list, we'll need a new name... I'm suggesting... [EMAIL PROTECTED] is that good for everyone? it may temporarily be [EMAIL PROTECTED] until the DNS can be setup for the

Re: Mersenne: End of list

2004-04-27 Thread Per Jessen
On Thu, 22 Apr 2004 22:05:20 +0200, Steinar H. Gunderson wrote: Web-based alternatives are extremely crappy compared to a mailing list, I couldn't agree more, so therefore just a quick word of thanks to you who will be taking over the running of the list now - it is much appreciated! /Per

Re: Mersenne: End of list

2004-04-23 Thread John R Pierce
If you are going to archive and publish past postings, please be sure that any email addresses get obfuscated so that they can't be harvested by spammers. I just switched email addresses because I was getting so much spam, and I would hate to have to do it again. the archives are generally set to

Re: Mersenne: End of list

2004-04-23 Thread Robin Millette
John R Pierce wrote: the archives are generally set to 'subscriber only', so you have to be a list subscriber to read them. this has kept the spam harvesters at bay on my other lists. but, I'll leave the archive option off. Do you mean you won't archive the list at all? -- Robin

Re: Mersenne: End of list

2004-04-23 Thread George Woltman
At 10:38 AM 4/23/2004 -0700, John R Pierce wrote: say, who runs the DNS for mersenne.org ? ok, the domain is registered to George Woltman... so he'd have to contact sbsi-net to do this. Contact Scott at [EMAIL PROTECTED] He'll need to do whatever is required.

Re: Mersenne: End of list

2004-04-22 Thread Robin Millette
Gordon Irlam wrote: 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. Thanks for hosting it for such a long time! It's been

Re: Mersenne: End of list

2004-04-22 Thread Steinar H. Gunderson
On Thu, Apr 22, 2004 at 11:30:18AM -0700, Gordon Irlam wrote: FYI. I intend to end this list shortly. Sad, but it hasn't been all that high-volume lately, and I understand the problems hosting it. I haven't been here for all that long (umm, I can't remember for how long :-) ), but it's been

Re: Mersenne: End of list

2004-04-22 Thread Andrew Hitchcock
Thanks for running it for so long Gordon. I have a mailman installation that I would be willing to donate if no one else has a better system. I can't promise 100% uptime, but I will do my best to minimize the downtime. If no one else volunteers within a few days, I'll go ahead and set it up.

Re: Mersenne: End of list

2004-04-22 Thread Robin Millette
Andrew Hitchcock wrote: Thanks for running it for so long Gordon. I have a mailman installation that I would be willing to donate if no one else has a better system. I can't promise 100% uptime, but I will do my best to minimize the downtime. Same here, I can offer a mailman installation

Re: Mersenne: End of list

2004-04-22 Thread Robin Millette
Robin Millette wrote: I can offer to host the lists, as I already host a few for different projects. Let me know if this would be appreciated. Replying to myself... I see a few other serious offers on the table, so I'm going to assume somebody else will take over the list. If for some reason