Which Mailing List Should You Join?
by Edd Dumbill
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Microsoft technologies
microsoft.public.xml newsgroup
If you are using Microsoft technologies and platforms to create your XML applications, then a great deal of peer support is to be found in this newsgroup, as well as input from Microsoft's own developers.
This is the best place in which to ask questions and find out the latest news about Microsoft's XML initiatives.
Traffic level: High (20-30 posts per day)
Archives: Available from
deja.com
How to subscribe: Subscribe to the
microsoft.public.xml newsgroup from your newsreader software.
VBXML
Discussions on this popular mailing list center around the use of Visual Basic for programming XML applications, in combination with other Microsoft XML technologies.
Traffic level: High (30+ posts per day)
Archives: Available from
dhttp://www.onelist.com/archive/vbxml
How to subscribe: Send an empty mail to
vbxml-subscribe@onelist.com.
dev-xml
A relative newcomer, the dev-xml group was formed for programmers with a particular focus on Windows development, especially using Visual C++ and Visual Basic.
Traffic level: Medium (15-20 posts per day)
Archives: http://www.onelist.com/archive/dev-xml
How to subscribe: Send an empty mail to
dev-xml-subscribe@onelist.com.
ASP XML
The XML interest list is strictly for those developing Active Server Pages XML solutions. It is a moderated list, so although the volume of posts is low, the discussion should be of a reasonable quality.
Traffic level: Low (10-20 posts per month)
Archives: http://www.asplists.com/asplists/aspxml.asp
How to subscribe: A signup form is available
on the
list's home page.
