You don't need another other than an e-mail address to sign up for the mailing list, so I don't why it should require anything more to gain access to the members-only section.
- Sam Horn 2009/2/10 Mike Stiehm <mikesti...@gmail.com> > 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 > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
