I would like to chime in and express my disappointment as well. I've been following this list, like others, since the early CS 1.5 days, through the WON shutdown, through the Steam launch, through 1.6, through Source and now to Orange Box. The funny thing is that I don't even run a game server anymore but still subscribe and read this list daily. It is a great resource to the backend/server admin community without having to deal with the end users. Even if these new forums somehow have competent moderators or private forums for new admins it will take away from the overall knowledge gained from this list.
I highly doubt that it is a resource issue inside of Valve since this is not a high traffic mailing list and it may require one server to host it. Between the network required to run Steam and the bandwidth used by Steam this mailing list could not be that noticeable. Personally it feels like a new manager has come in to the support side of Valve and is attempting to standardize all support. Remove any resources that don't "fit the mold". I sincerely hope that there is a real business reason for shutting down this mailing list other than business politics. I will not be following the threads to the forums. Thank you and that is all. Ryan _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
