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@@ -114,8 +114,8 @@ accepted by Boost is
 one way to establish existing practice.</p>
 one way to establish existing practice.</p>
 
 
 <p><b>Where does the name &quot;Boost&quot; come from?</b> Boost began with
 <p><b>Where does the name &quot;Boost&quot; come from?</b> Boost began with
-Robert Klarer and me fantasizing about a new library effort over dinner at a C++
-committee meeting in Sofia Antipolis, France. Robert mentioned that Herb Sutter
+Robert Klarer and I fantasizing about a new library effort over dinner at a C++
+committee meeting in Sofia Antipolis, France, in 1998. Robert mentioned that Herb Sutter
 was working on a spoof proposal for a new language named Booze, which was
 was working on a spoof proposal for a new language named Booze, which was
 supposed to be better than Java. Somehow that kicked off the idea of
 supposed to be better than Java. Somehow that kicked off the idea of
 &quot;Boost&quot; as a name. We'd probably had a couple of glasses of good
 &quot;Boost&quot; as a name. We'd probably had a couple of glasses of good
@@ -123,7 +123,8 @@ French wine at that point. It was just a working name, but no one ever came up
 with a replacement. (Beman Dawes)</p>
 with a replacement. (Beman Dawes)</p>
 
 
 <p><b>Is the web site a commercial business?</b> No. It is just some people getting together
 <p><b>Is the web site a commercial business?</b> No. It is just some people getting together
-as a kind of cyberspace civic association. If it ever needs to incorporate, it would be as
+as a kind of cyberspace civic association. If it ever needs to incorporate, it would be as 
+a
 non-profit organization.</p>
 non-profit organization.</p>
 
 
 <p><b>Is there any charge for submitting libraries or reviews to Boost.org?</b> No. Unlike
 <p><b>Is there any charge for submitting libraries or reviews to Boost.org?</b> No. Unlike
@@ -139,17 +140,14 @@ projects and the occasional look into other threads by otherwise uninterested pa
 "noise".</p>
 "noise".</p>
 
 
 <p><b>How can I cope with the large volume of boost mailing list messages?</b>&nbsp;
 <p><b>How can I cope with the large volume of boost mailing list messages?</b>&nbsp;
-One approach is to use the YahooGroups digest option; that cuts the email blizzard
-down to about three (long) messages per day, so you can glance over the subjects
-summary at the top and quickly read what you think is important.&nbsp;The
-YahooGroups &quot;no mail/web only&quot; option is best if you just occasionally
-want to look at messages.</p>
-
-<p>Yet another approach is to use your email program's capabilities to filter messages and automatically
-transfer them into several boost folders.&nbsp;Then only read the folders you
-care about. Boost list posters are
-encouraged to include keywords in the subject like &quot;thread&quot;,
-&quot;review&quot;, and &quot;CVS&quot; to aid message filtering.</p>
+One approach is to use the &quot;digest&quot; option; that cuts the email blizzard
+down to several (long) messages per day, so you can glance over the subjects
+summary at the top and quickly read what you think is important.&nbsp;The&nbsp; &quot;no 
+mail&quot; option turns off list email entirely.</p>
+
+<p>Another approach is to follow the list traffic via an NTTP newsgroup reader. 
+See <a href="mailing_lists.htm#newsgroup">Mailing List</a> newsgroup 
+information.</p>
 
 
 <p><b>Why do Boost headers have a .hpp suffix rather than .h or none at all?</b>
 <p><b>Why do Boost headers have a .hpp suffix rather than .h or none at all?</b>
 File extensions communicate the &quot;type&quot; of the file, both to humans and
 File extensions communicate the &quot;type&quot; of the file, both to humans and
@@ -167,7 +165,7 @@ See the suggestions on the <a href="bugs.htm">Bugs page</a>.</p>
 
 
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 <hr>
 
 
-<p>Revised <!--webbot bot="Timestamp" S-Type="EDITED" S-Format="%d %B, %Y" startspan -->18 April, 2004<!--webbot bot="Timestamp" i-checksum="38549" endspan --></p>
+<p>Revised <!--webbot bot="Timestamp" S-Type="EDITED" S-Format="%d %B, %Y" startspan -->23 June, 2005<!--webbot bot="Timestamp" i-checksum="19916" endspan --></p>
 
 
 <p>© Copyright Beman Dawes 2001</p>
 <p>© Copyright Beman Dawes 2001</p>
 <p> Use, modification, and distribution are subject to the Boost Software 
 <p> Use, modification, and distribution are subject to the Boost Software 
@@ -175,4 +173,4 @@ License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying file <a href="../LICENSE_1_0.txt">
 LICENSE_1_0.txt</a> or copy at <a href="http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt">
 LICENSE_1_0.txt</a> or copy at <a href="http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt">
 www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt</a>) </p>
 www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt</a>) </p>
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