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A History of Mailing Lists in the RIPE Community

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Ilke Ilhan

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Since RIPE was formed in 1989, its many challenges and changes have had one thing in common - they've all been discussed on community mailing lists. In this article, we analyse participation in the mailing lists over the years, where the history of RIPE was written.

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