I love the fact that I can get updates from the list via email. It looks like a lot of admins use blackbarrys or iPhones and the ability to use that to interact with the list is crucial.
Another nice thing about this list is that it's made up of mostly mature server admins and not a lot of the general public so as bad as it gets we don't have to deal with to many non-stop B.S. sessions. A section where you have to be a member would be a great idea. Now we would just need some way to qualify someone that wants to join On Feb 9, 2009, at 7:41 PM, Burton Johnsey <bur...@valvesoftware.com> 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 > - 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: hlds_a...@list.valvesoftware.com<mailto:hlds_a...@list.valvesoftware.com > >, Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list <hlds@list.valvesoftware.com > <mailto:hlds@list.valvesoftware.com>>, > hlds_li...@valvesoftware.com<mailto:hlds_li...@valvesoftware.com > > > > > 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 Sent from my iPhone _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
