I'am just glad its back.. On Tue, 10 Feb 2009 12:23:24 -0500, Joseph Laws <[email protected]> wrote: > Burton, what is the bottom line reason for wanting to end the mailing > list? This is far easier to monitor and respond than forums. The last > thing I want to be doing is having to login to the forum to see wtf is > going on when I already have it sitting in my inbox. > > Burton Johnsey wrote: >> Given the feedback received from the list, we are holding off migrating > the mailing lists to the forums. >> >> The intent of migrating to the forums was to leverage the benefits and > features of the forums to further strengthen the community, giving us a > central spot to gather feedback. The forum software is continually being > updated by vBulletin and is flexible enough to also allow us to add our own > features. >> >> To address a couple of specific concerns about the forums: >> >> - Membership - We can keep the membership in the DS forums private so > that random forum users cannot post. >> - Moderation - We can assign moderators for specific forums. Moderators > would be volunteers from the current mailing list participants. >> - Forum server performance - We have upgraded the system that runs the > forums and we do not experience the lag we were experiencing in the past >> - Search CAPTCHA - The captcha is only displayed when not logged in. As > long as you are logged in, you will never see a captcha while searching. >> - The forums are accessible to more people than the mailing list. >> >> We want to make things better, not worse. We appreciate any further > feedback you have to offer. >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Burton Johnsey >> Date: Mon, Feb 9, 2009 at 12:38 PM >> Subject: Important notice regarding the HLDS mailing lists >> To: > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>, > Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list > <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>, > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> >> >> >> We will be shutting down the HLDS mailing lists on Friday, February > 20th. >> >> After February 20th, all server discussions should take place in one of > the forums listed below. >> >> Windows server discussion should be conducted here: >> http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=44 (Source) >> http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=16 (Gldsrc) >> >> Linux server discussion should be conducted here: >> http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=45 (Source) >> http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=19 (Gldsrc) >> >> If you have not already done so, please register a forum > account<http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/register.php>. >> >> NOTE: The mailing list archives will still be available for viewing. >> >> -BurtonJ >> Valve Software >> >> _______________________________________________ >> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: >> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds >> >> _______________________________________________ >> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: >> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
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