[arin-discuss] Closing the ARIN-discuss Mailing List

[info at arin.net]

On 4 August, ARIN closed the ARIN-discuss mailing list. The list will be
archived and available on the mailing list page at the URL below. 

 

The ARIN-discuss list has been in use since 1999. During its first 15 years
of existence, individuals were automatically subscribed to the list when
they were issued IP addresses by ARIN and became members.  During that
period, a message went out to individuals as they were added making them
aware of the automatic subscription, and they were given the option to
opt-out. Most people did not opt-out of arin-discuss, however, and many
never noticed they were on the list until receiving messages from it.   The
inevitable flurry of replies asking for clarification about the list and/or
to be unsubscribed significantly detracted from the usefulness of the list
as a discussion forum, and as a result ARIN discontinued the practice of
automatically adding resource holders to arin-discuss.  However, even to
this day there are some subscribers who post in confusion upon receiving
email from the arin-discuss list. 

 

ARIN does have a variety of mailing lists that provide valuable forums for
community input and were established on a strictly opt-in basis. These
include the Public Policy Mailing List (arin-ppml) for policy; Technical
Discussions mailing list (arin-tech-discuss
<mailto:arin-tech-discuss at arin.net> ) for providing technical feedback to
ARIN or seeking information from others in the community who are working
with technical aspects of ARIN's services; and the Consultation mailing list
(arin-consult <mailto:arin-consult at arin.net> ) that is used to solicit input
from the community on variety of consultations and suggestions including
changes to ARIN processes and services, fees, and feedback on suggestions
from the community. These mailing lists are open for all to use in
accordance with ARIN's Mailing List AUP and Standards of Behavior.

 

Considering the very infrequent and ineffective use of arin-discuss and the
abundance of other functional lists for community engagement, the
arin-discuss mailing list has been retired. 

 

You can find information for all our mailing lists at:

 

https://www.arin.net/participate/community/mailing_lists/

 

 

Regards,

 

John Curran

President & CEO

American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN)

 

 

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