The overwhelming success of DevelopMentor's DOTNET list over the past 22 months has been both a blessing and a burden to the .NET developer community. The popularity of this list has resulted in an enormous volume of traffic, making it difficult for some subscribers to participate in discussions that are of particular interest to them while safely ignoring less applicable conversations without fear of "missing out" on something important to their work.
To deal with this, DevelopMentor has decided to repartition this list into a small number of more focused lists that each cater to particular communities of developers. In keeping with the spirit of the Common Language Runtime, we will offer 3 framework-centric lists that focus on Windows application development, web application and web service development, and the CLR. These forums will provide a place for developers using any .NET language to seek out or assist developers working on similar areas of development on the .NET platform: DOTNET-WEB Discussion of building .NET applications targeted for the Web. This includes both traditional "Web applications" designed for browser-based clients as well as "Web services" designed for other applications to consume. Possible topics include ASP.NET, the HTTP pipeline, System.Web, System.Xml, etc. DOTNET-WINFORMS Discussion forum for developers using Windows Forms to build applications and controls. Possible topics include building custom controls, working with the forms designer, the mechanics of web-based deployment, installation and configuration, etc. DOTNET-CLR Discussion forum for developers looking for assistance on issues that affect all forms of application and component development on the .NET platform. Possible topics include code access security, remoting, reflection, memory management and finalization, concurrency, assembly resolution, etc. This list will remain active for a 30-day grace period. After that time, only the archives will remain available. New subscriptions and postings will no longer be allowed. Our hope is that you will subscribe to one or more of the new, more focused, lists according to your own interests. We hope that the inconvenience of having to subscribe to a different lists will be outweighed by the improved experience of participating in more focused discussion forums. Additionally, we will continue to offer our other DOTNET-related lists, as well as a few new lists. Please visit http://discuss.develop.com for a complete listing. SUBSCRIBE To subscribe, either go to http://discuss.develop.com and use the Web interface, or send an email from the account you'll be posting with to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with a message body of: subscribe list-name firstname lastname UNSUBSCRIBE To unsubscribe, either go to http://discuss.develop.com and use the Web interface, or send an email from the account you've been posting with to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with a message body of: signoff list-name If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to inquire. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Shannon Ahern DevelopMentor WebMistress http://www.develop.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Ubergeeks know the answer to everything is 42, that anger leads to the dark side, and that there is only one ring to rule them all and in the darkness bind them. Are you an übergeek? Don't think you are. Know you are." --www.thinkgeek.com You can read messages from the DOTNET archive, unsubscribe from DOTNET, or subscribe to other DevelopMentor lists at http://discuss.develop.com.
