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[Zohar Levi <>]

Sylvain,

If you don't believe in the personalization in a forum, consider another point. I think CGAL has become quite a community, and you receive more than one email in a week. Imagine to yourself that from every forum I'm registered to (kitesurfing, cgtalk, avrfreaks...) I'll get an email from each person subscribed to it.

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Sent: Saturday, August 29, 2009 1:23:17 PM
Subject: Re: [cgal-discuss] Mailing list problems

The mailing list works fine (save for the Chinese vacation replies), but I
concur that a forum would be much more efficient, for several reasons: First,
it is hard to keep track of the threads, and more importantly, on the important
tips and knowledge passed here. I believe (and I am sure I have done so myself),
that there are many repeating questions, which have to be repeatedly answered.

Second, it would be easier to communicate with attachments and code.

Third, and this might be subjective, but it's a little annoying getting an
average of 10 mails a day from the list (there are some days when this amounts
to 20-30+), to most of which I have no immediate relevance. A forum with a
(good) search capability would be much more comfortable.

Amir.

Quoting Sylvain Pion <>:

> Zohar Levi wrote :
> > - You need to fix the problems with the mailing list. I didn't get your
> > last two replies (read them from archive), and I don't know how to
> > continue the thread. There is also this Chinese guy who keeps sending me
> > mails in Chinese calling my mother in names. I think it's time to open a
> > forum. Being nicer and much more comfortable, I think people could talk
> > with each other more freely.
>
> We are currently experiencing some problems with the mailing list:
> some sites like yahoo reject our emails.  About 15% of the subscribers
> are concerned.  I am investigating.
>
> As far as "the Chinese guy" is concerned, the bounces from
> <>, the problem is solved.  Next time we get
> automatic bounces from "vacation" status, I will unsubscribe
> immediately.
>
> Concerning the forum, well, I think the current list has been quite
> reliable since the beginning, besides the current issue.  It will need
> more incidents like this to decide to move, since other systems
> also have problems anyway.  I am personnaly not convinced a forum
> helps more than a mailing list in whatever aspect.
>
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