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---
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title: Boost Mailing Lists
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copyright: Beman Dawes, David Abrahams, 2001-2005.
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revised:
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---
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Boost Mailing Lists
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Boost Mailing Lists (A.K.A. Discussion Groups)
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==============================================
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The mailing lists are the heart of the Boost community. You
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may read the lists via full-content email or email digests.
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Before Posting
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--------------
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**Read the [Discussion Policy
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and Guide to Effective Posting](policy.html).** Doing so will
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help you to ensure that your post is read by the people who
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can help you and received in the spirit in which it was
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intended.
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**Subscribe your posting address.** As an
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anti-spam measure, postings to most Boost mailing lists will
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only be accepted if the posting's "From:" header contains an
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email address that is subscribed to the list. If you try to
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post from an address that isn't subscribed, you will probably
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get a message that says:
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>
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> You are not allowed to post to this mailing list,
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> and your message has been automatically rejected. If you
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> think that your messages are being rejected in error,
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> contact the mailing list owner at *list
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> administrator's email address*.
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>
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>
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>
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If you need to post from multiple email addresses, you
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should subscribe to each one separately. You can configure your
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subscription settings for any address to disable mail
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delivery via each mailing list's web interface.
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* [Users](#users)
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* [Developers](#main)
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+ [Archives](#archive)
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* [Announce](#announce)
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* [Interest](#interest)
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* [Project-Specific](#projects)
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+ [Boost.Build](#jamboost)
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+ [Boost CMake](#cmake)
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+ [Python C++-Sig (for
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Boost.Python)](#cplussig)
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+ [Language Binding](#langbinding)
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+ [Boost.MPI Development](#mpi)
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+ [Boost.Spirit](#spirit)
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+ [Boost.Documentation](#boostdocs)
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+ [Testing](#testing)
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+ [Boost.uBlas (numerics)](#ublas)
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+ [Boost.Thread](#thread)
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+ [Translation Groups](#translation)
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* [#boost IRC channel](#IRC)
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Boost Users mailing list
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------------------------
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This list is oriented toward casual users of the Boost
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libraries. It is a good place to start if you are having
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trouble getting started with Boost or its individual libraries.
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Feel free to post both "newbie" and more challenging questions,
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but please check first to see if there's an appropriate
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[Project-Specific](#projects) list; you'll often get
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better answers in a forum dedicated to your problem area. This
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list is relatively low volume (less than 500 per month).
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Subscribe or unsubscribe at the [Boost Users list home page](https://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost-users).
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Boost developers mailing list
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-----------------------------
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This is the main Boost mailing list. It is high volume (over
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1000 messages per month), very technical, and oriented toward
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Boost library developers. It is also read by many other members
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interested in watching the Boost library development process.
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Virtually all Boost decisions, major or minor, technical or
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otherwise, are reached via public discussion on this mailing
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list. It is where the formal reviews of proposed libraries take
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place. Subscribe or unsubscribe at <https://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost>.
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When we talk about the "members of Boost", we are talking
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about those signed up for this main mailing list.
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### Archives for Boost
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developers list
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Archives of Boost messages include the [MailMan Archive](https://lists.boost.org/Archives/boost/) on [our home
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page](/).
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Boost Announce mailing
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list
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----------------------------
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This is an announce-only list for notification of upcoming
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software releases and formal reviews of proposed libraries. One
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to three messages per month. Subscribe or unsubscribe at
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the [Boost Announce list home page](https://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost-announce).
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Boost Interest Mailing
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List
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----------------------------
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This list is a moderated low-traffic announcement-only list
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of interest to the Boost community. On-topic messages will
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include announcements of books, magazine articles, papers,
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talks, seminars, products, tools, events, or conferences on
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advanced uses of C++, generic/generative/meta-programming, and,
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of course, the Boost libraries. Off-topic will be discussion of
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any kind. Job postings are accepted at the moderators'
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discretion. Subscribe or unsubscribe at the [Boost-Interest home page](https://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost-interest).
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Project-Specific
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lists
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-----------------------
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Several mailing lists have been established for
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specific Boost projects:
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### Boost.Build list
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The mailing list for the [Boost
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Build System](../build/) is located [here](https://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost-build).
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### Boost CMake list
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Development of the experimental [CMake build
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system](http://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/wiki/CMake) is being coordinated on the [Boost
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CMake mailing list](https://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost-cmake). Any questions about CMake should be
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asked here and not on the main Boost.Build list.
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### Python C++-Sig (for
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Boost.Python)
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The [Python C++-sig](http://www.python.org/community/sigs/current/c++-sig/) is not strictly Boost-specific,
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but nearly all the traffic concerns [Boost.Python](/doc/libs/release/libs/python). See also the
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[Language Binding](#langbinding) list below. You can
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join the [mailing list](http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/cplusplus-sig "Python C++-sig mailing list"). There are
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also searchable archives at [ASPN](http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Mail/Browse/Threaded/cpp-sig).
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### Language
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Binding
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The [Language Binding](http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/boost-langbinding) list is for discussion of
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a generalized framework for binding C++ to other languages and
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systems based on the technology of [Boost.Python](/doc/libs/release/libs/python) and [Luabind](http://luabind.sourceforge.net/).
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The plan is to provide a single front-end for describing
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bindings with runtime-pluggable back ends for binding to
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specific languages.
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### Boost.MPI Development
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A separate developer mailing list for [Boost.MPI](/doc/libs/release/libs/mpi/) specific topics is
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located [here](https://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost-mpi).
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### Boost.Spirit lists
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Spirit has two additional mailing lists. [Spirit-general](https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spirit-general) for Spirit users and
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[Spirit-devel](https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/spirit-devel) for Spirit developers (open
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to anyone who wishes to hang out with Spirit coders).
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### Boost.Documentation
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list
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The mailing list for the [Boost Documentation
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System](/doc/libs/release/doc/html/boostbook.html) is located [here](https://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost-docs).
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### uBLAS development
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(ublas-dev) list
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A separate user and developer mailing list for [Boost
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uBLAS](/doc/libs/release/libs/numeric/ublas/doc/) specific topics is located [here](https://lists.boost.org/).
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### Thread development
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(threads-devel) list
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A separate developer mailing list for [Boost Thread](/doc/libs/release/libs/thread/doc/index.html)
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specific topics is located [here](https://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/threads-devel).
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**Important:** This mailing list is for the
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discussion of the specification and implementation of
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Boost.Threads only — questions regarding
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usage should be directed to the [Boost
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Users](#users) list, or the main [Boost
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developers](#main) list.
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### Testing list
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The setup, procedures and tools necessary for running Boost
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regression tests are discussed on [this list](https://lists.boost.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/boost-testing). The list's main participants are
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regression runners - people who run Boost tests on a variety of
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compilers and platforms, and the maintainers of tools for
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collecting and processing test results.
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**Important:** questions relevant to a wider audience,
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including questions about Boost.Test framework or test results
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for a particular library, should be posted to main development
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list.
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### Translation
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Groups
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Boost doesn't have the resources to translate the
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documentation itself, but there is at least one separate group
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translating the documentation. If you have formed another, tell
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us on the [documentation list](#boostdocs) and we'll
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add a link.
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* [Chinese
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translators group](http://groups.google.com/group/boost_doc_translation) ([main
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webpage](http://code.google.com/p/boost-doc-zh/))
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#boost IRC channel
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------------------
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In addition to the mailing lists presented above, a #boost
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IRC channel on [freenode](http://freenode.net) is
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frequented by Boost developers and users. As usual with IRC
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channels, one should not necessarily expect that his questions
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will be answered right away. The channel is not strictly
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moderated.
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