Re: mailing-list problem (Was Re: lynx-dev What happened to MINGW patch? (fwd))

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Doug Kaufman wrote:

> Is sig.net asking us to leave?

No, the list exists under the Verio/NTT radar for the most part.  The 
sig.net domain came to Verio along with an acquired company.  Legacy 
ISP mail lists like lynx-dev that aren't tied to paying customer 
accounts could continue forever or be turned off tomorrow.
I would like to see more stability in the list than that.  I set up 
the Lynx project page at Savannah, and then ran out of free time to 
get the list moved.  I found some free time the day before the FSF 
servers were compromised, but the sands ran out before the damage was 
un-done.
I know that the list is running on cruise control for the most part. 
I extinguish the big fires when they happen.  If robo-moderating the 
list were an option, that would be better than what we have now.  The 
current list environment doesn't offer that, aside from the 
lynx-dev-contrib shadow list of "un-subscribed but posting" addresses.
I'm open to having additional moderators.  We had some in the past, 
but people are busy and it takes much patience to slog through the 
spam to find the legitimate postings month after month.  It's not 
surprising that we've had 100% attrition in the ranks of active 
moderators.
I'll go with whatever the Lynx community wants to do.  If the decision 
 is to move the list elsewhere, I'll offer what help that I can in 
keeping the address@hidden alive for as long as possible.  Of course 
 the list is just part of the support issue here.  Maintaining the 
list and source archives might also be a goal.  I was waiting for 
someone to step up for that after the non-Gnu project page was created.

Bob



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