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 se

Re: Mersenne: End of list

2004-05-03 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 ne

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 above.

Re: Mersenne: End of list

2004-04-28 Thread David M. Moore
At 11:30 AM 4/22/2004 -0700, Gordon Irlam wrote: >FYI. I intend to end this list shortly. As a long time (5+ years) but rarely posting participant, I'd also like to add my thanks to the growing pile. I've learned quite a bit about both math and programming from reading this list. Thanks for all

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 Je

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

2004-04-23 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 Mil

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 Gordon Irlam
> I also run a reasonably current version of mailman on my server, and have > sufficient bandwidth and adequate uptime to host this list. My server has > had only a few hours of downtime in the past 3-4 years... I host several > other lists, including a rather busy music list with dozens of po

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

Re: Mersenne: End of list

2004-04-22 Thread Stephen Herr
At 18:42 4/22/2004 -0400, you wrote: I like this list because you push posts to me. I don't have to remember to go somewhere to pull the posts. Frank Anzalone Gentlemen, I have really appreciated the list over the 8 years I have been a part of it. Thank you Gordon. My 2 cents about the list is th

Re: Mersenne: End of list

2004-04-22 Thread Gordon Irlam
> single day, and 200-300 subscribers. Any idea roughly how many subscribers > this list has? There are 700-800 split evenly between the list and the digest. My preference would be to transfer the list to a system running mailman that hosts a number of other lists, and is likely to be reliable

Re: Mersenne: End of list

2004-04-22 Thread Frank Anzalone
I like this list because you push posts to me. I don't have to remember to go somewhere to pull the posts.   Frank Anzalone  

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 installati

RE: Mersenne: End of list

2004-04-22 Thread Dan Scherer
] Subject: RE: Mersenne: End of list What are the alternatives? Yahoo! Groups? Gordon, could you export the member list into a new yahoo group if need be? > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gordon > Irlam > Sent: Thu

Re: Mersenne: End of list

2004-04-22 Thread John R Pierce
I will allow discussion of alternative lists people may wish to join before closing this list. in echo of the rest, yeah, thanks, its been a good list. I also run a reasonably current version of mailman on my server, and have sufficient bandwidth and adequate uptime to host this list. My server

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. T

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 fun

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 b

RE: Mersenne: End of list

2004-04-22 Thread Ryan Malayter
What are the alternatives? Yahoo! Groups? Gordon, could you export the member list into a new yahoo group if need be? > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Gordon Irlam > Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2004 1:30 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Mersenne: End of list

2004-04-22 Thread George Woltman
At 11:30 AM 4/22/2004 -0700, Gordon Irlam wrote: FYI. I intend to end this list shortly. Thank you, Gordon. Your efforts have been greatly appreciated over the years! _ Unsubscribe & list info -- http://www.ndatech.com/merse