I'm registered to a bunch of mailing list related to server software such as DSPAM, Drupal, WordPress, DirectAdmin, etc. Each email for a mailing list is dropped in a specific folder in my inbox using filters. It would be a nightmare for me to have to login to all those forums to keep up with what's going on. I know I'm not the only one in that boat.
We are gamers but we are also server admins. It's a different crowd. Forums aren't what we need. Just like a mailing list wouldn't be appropriate to replace the Steam forum for regular users and players. This mailing list has a healthy trafic with real issues and the quality of the posts are quite relevant and rarely offtopic. Killing it wouldn't send all of us to the Steam forums, it would scatter us around the net. I think many of us are willing to hit reply when we see an admin with a problem to which we have an answer but we may not have the time to monitor the Steam forum to offer the same kind of support. What I'm saying is that this mailing list is a tool for server admins to support each other more than it is a communication tool for Valve. Valve may not need it but we need it. -- Ravnox On Tue, 10 Feb 2009 09:18:41 -0800 Burton Johnsey <[email protected]> wrote: > Given the feedback received from the list, we are holding off > migrating the mailing lists to the forums. > > -BurtonJ > Valve Software _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
