[Ns-developers] please, don't send private ns-3 emails

[Mathieu Lacage]

hi,

I have recently received a lot of private emails asking more or less
specific questions about ns-3: while I understand that it's often nice
to send private emails to avoid the pain of asking a question on a
public mailing-list, it would be really nice if everyone could use the
mailing-list instead. The main reason is that I am very slightly
overworked so I can't invest much serious time in providing useful
answers to complex technical questions and there are a lot of people who
know and can answer these questions at least as well as me on the
mailing-lists. The following url provides a much better rationale for
using mailing-lists instead of private emails so, if you are curious,
please, have a look at it:

http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/faqs/questions.html

(I should point out that I was pointed to this url when I did exactly
that, that is, send a private email to someone who would have rather me
send an email to a mailing-list).

To summarize, unless you are concerned about confidentiality issues,
please, use a mailing-list for ns-3 related questions.

thank you,
Mathieu