<div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Hi all (again),</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)">I've been wondering for a while now if this mailing list might not be the best way to maintain this community.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Furthermore, a while ago Gmail changed something and stopped liking what our maillist software was sending, causing all Gmail to bounce-reject the list's mails to such addresses, which then caused our list to unsubscribe all of them 😡. Obviously this list is useless if it excludes one of the world's largest email vendors.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)">I have explored a little. There are a few paid mail-list services that are a little more than I'm willing to pay (or request from my employer). Google Groups is an option, but kind of a hassle for non-Gmail users. Sourceforge is still around, and powers the lists of QF/C++ and QF/j (who both originated there); I don't love it, but it may be the most... <i>adequate</i> choice.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)">But... do we still want a mail list? Is there something better I should use? A Subreddit? A Bluesky account? An old-school-style forum?  I would love to hear any suggestions.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)">(Except Discord. I'm abolutely not doing a Discord. 🙂 )</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><div class="gmail_default">(By the way, do you know we have a LinkedIn group? <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/groups/4745848">https://www.linkedin.com/groups/4745848</a></div><div class="gmail_default">I'll keep posting about QF/n releases there, but I don't want to use it as a primary hub.)</div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)">Thanks!</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)">-Grant</div><br clear="all"></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><span><div dir="ltr" style="margin-left:0pt" align="left"><table style="border:none;border-collapse:collapse"><colgroup><col width="122"><col width="298"></colgroup><tbody><tr style="height:84.75pt"><td style="vertical-align:top;padding:-45.432pt -45.432pt -45.432pt -45.432pt;overflow:hidden"><span style="border:none;display:inline-block;overflow:hidden;width:105px;height:83px"><a href="https://www.connamara.com" target="_blank"><img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/1ZKItKWIoLUepUXvEXgEeZWBlntjas7UxLPLuLLnsApbxAcRepKELA_SwZBe1BWEZ3huC6sJdz2ZzvUYLNgu56Zcm8bo2R_iLzXZVjDmMo67675iop6mEMOg_Y6q8Mtz7ylOW9t8RazXt-tyJtEyhE0" width="105" height="83" style="margin-left:0px;margin-top:0px"></a></span></td><td style="vertical-align:top;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt;overflow:hidden"><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Archivo,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,65,107);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline">Grant Birchmeier</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Archivo,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,65,107);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline">Director of Engineering, Connamara</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Archivo,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,65,107);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline"><a href="mailto:gbirchmeier@connamara.com" target="_blank">gbirchmeier@connamara.com</a></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table></div></span></div></div></div></div>
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