[vile] Re: new vile mailing list -- Please Read

[Paul Fox]

reminder -- the new mailing list is active, and the old lists
will be going away in one week.  please subscribe to the new list
as detailed below if you're still interested in keeping up with
vile's status via email.

btw -- this message will be the first that most subscribers to
the new list will have seen from that source -- there's been no
other traffic there this week.  it seems that the savannah list
response times are somewhat slow, so don't be surprised if the
copy you get from nongnu.org takes a while...

paul

 > ===============
 > 
 > hi --
 > 
 > this message is to announce the creation of a new vile project
 > mailing list, hosted at nongnu.org.
 > 
 > the new mailing list is currently intended as the replacement for
 > all four of the current lists (announce, users, code, and bugs). 
 > 
 > when i solicited input on whether we should have a separate
 > announcement list, the tally was roughly half and half for and
 > against.  in the interest of simplicity, we're going to start
 > with just one list, and only add the second if people really want
 > it.
 > 
 > because we're combining the lists into one, it's entirely
 > possible you'll see quite a bit more traffic than you're used to,
 > depending on where you're subscribed currently:  sporadic bug
 > reportss and intermediate patch announcements constitute the bulk
 > of the recent traffic on all the lists, and those threads often
 > don't cross to the users list (which, of course, has the most
 > subscribers).
 > 
 > you can subscribe to the new list here:
 >     http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/vile
 > 
 > if you want to stay involved, you'll need to resubscribe -- i
 > won't migrate the current subscriber list.  there's no need
 > to explicitly unsubscribe from the current lists -- they'll just
 > vanish in due course.  i'll send out one more reminder in a week
 > or two, and then i'll be dismantling the current lists. 
 > 
 > only subscribers can post to address@hidden, which should help a
 > great deal in controlling spam.  it will certainly work better
 > than my feeble attempts with the current lists.
 > 
 > along with the new list, vile gets a home page presence at savannah:
 >     https://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/vile/
 > 
 > nothing much there but links to the mailing list and tom's ftp
 > area.
 > 
 > (we also still have the "official" placeholder home page at:
 >     http://www.vile.cx
 > but since i have to re-request this free service from the nice
 > folks in the christmas islands on an annual basis, this may not
 > last forever.)
 > 
 > thanks for your time,
 > paul
 > =---------------------
 >  paul fox, address@hidden (arlington, ma, where it's 44.8 degrees)

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 paul fox, address@hidden (arlington, ma, where it's 35.2 degrees)