[Opencxx-users] Re: [opencxx] OpenC++ mailing list

[Grzegorz J. <ja...@he...>]

Hi,

On Thu, 24 Apr 2003, Shigeru Chiba wrote:

>
> Dear OpenC++ mailing list subscribers:
>
> As you may notice, this list is currently maintained in a weird way.
> The posted messages are distributed by a mail server in Tokyo while
> they are archived by sourceforge.net.  This is why you receive some
> annoying messages from sourceforge.net if you post a message.
>
> Since none seems to have objection to my last message, I would like
> to close op...@cs... and ask you all to subscribe
> ope...@li....  Although I asked long time ago
> the sourceforge admin to register all the current subscribers,
> they seem very busy.  So I think that all of us subscribe the list
> by ourselves would be good.  It is also good since some subscribers
> may want not to receive messages any more.

Totally agreed. Two comments however:

>
> Here is my idea:
>
> - Next monday April 21st,

                      28th ???


>   I make the mailing list on sourceforge
>   subscribable by anybody.  (Now, subscription is not allowed.)
>   So you can start subscribing that mailing list.  But you cannot
>   directly post a message to the list.  You have to post to the
>   current list op...@cs....
>
>   Subscription is just one click on this page:
>
>      https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/opencxx-users
>
>   (Between April 21 and May 6th, you will receive duplicated messages
>    from the two lists.)
>
> - Monday May 5th, you can start posting a message to the list on
>   sourceforge.  The old list stops distribution but it forwards
>   a posted message to the list on sourceforge.
>
> - End of May, I close the old list.

Could you set up auto-reply on the old address for some time (3 months?)
with a link to the new list?

Thanks
Grzegorz


>
> If anyone has objection, I'll start this process.
>
> I really thank all of you for subscribing this mailing list for long time!
>
> Chiba
>
>

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