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Re: [ST] list moving..



Quoting Andy Libby <andrew.libby@xxxxxxxxx>:

> Greetings listers.


I've passed it on to the five :)


>
> I'm wondering if there is still interest in finding someone who will
> host the ST list/ web site, etc.  I'm lucky enough to work as a programmer
> and for a company that allows me to host on their network.
>
> If there's interest, I'd be willing to talk about hosting this on my
> server.  I'd
> be willing to take web content and mailing list information.  Depending on
> which mailing list software is being used, I may need to change the software
> because we've already standardized on gnu mailman.
>
> I already do this for PhiladelphiaRiders.com and a few other lists/ sites.
> Most are related to motorcycling.
>
> If you all decide that Yahoo is the right way to go, no hard feelings.
>  I'm  a member
> of a few yahoo groups myself.  One technical issues with Yahoo is that they
> only
> provide so much space for database information and images.
>
> Again, let me know if there is interest.  Whether this group is hosted
> by myself,
> some other folks, or Yahoo, I'm on board.
>
> Andy
>
> On Sun, 23 Jan 2005 19:54:54 -0800, chuck boatwright <dirac@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> > Emile Nossin wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >
> > >>I would much prefer the list to coninue using a more traditional
> > >>technology (mailman/listproc/courier/etc) than for it to move to
> > >>yahoo. "It has all the features" are lost on me, because it's
> > >>quality not quantity of features.
> > >
> > >
> > > Well, then I suggest you do check it out.
> >
> >
> > Maybe I wasn't very clear.  I know how yahoogroups work.  I am intimate
> > with both how it works from the user's perspective and their corporate
> > perspective.  I wouldn't make statements as I have without this a priori
> > knowledge.
> >
> > > but with a higher quality because
> > > the yahoogroup one does work pretty much all the time.
> >
> > yahoogroups goes down.  more often than you might be aware.  Do they
> > have three nines of uptime?  No.  I doubt that they have two nines of
> > uptime.
> >
> > > It's
> > > quicker, it's easier to get support (more mods) and it has
> > > a working and searchable archive.
> >
> > the searchable archive is CRAP.  the search function only searches
> > recent messages (can't remember if it's date or number of messages).
> > This makes the search function useless for someone looking for a part
> > number mentioned 2 years prior.
> >
> > > It is higher quality and
> > > quantity and it doesn't have a price.
> >
> > again emile, this "higher quality" is a subjective statement.
> >
> > Price?  well, you get what you pay for.  I can't think of the last time
> > I lusted after a set of Cheng Shin's on a 100hp bike.
> >
> > --
> >
> > >
> > >>There is some vanity (my personal vanity) in having a list
> > >>on the same domain (the triumphnet domain), but as I said,
> > >>it's only vanity.  But to me it has value.
> > >
> > >
> > > That I can imagine, but the yahoogroup can be integrated
> > > in the same way as the mailing list into that site. And
> > > vice versa the group could get a triumphnet forwarding
> > > subdomain name.
> >
> > anyone can play games with MX records.  I said it's vanity value...
> > which is worth less than a cup of spit in a texas [red neck]* bar.
> >
> > --
> >
> > >>Curmudgeonly yours (and on the list for almost 5 years)
> > >
> > >
> > > You do agree that it's the people that make the group, right?
> >
> > yes... this is true.  alot of us are old pharts here.. some more oldy,
> > some more pharty.  Others resemeble the undergarmets of the former.
> > With small exception we treat each other with respect, and throw down
> > good amount of sarcasm.
> >
> > I applaud your effort for wanting to improve the community/group/gaggle
> > of vagabonds.  I am going to bow out of anymore public discussion on the
> > issue.
> >
> > --boatwright
> >
> > *appropriate inflammatory statement to flog donut!
> >
> >
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>
>
> --
> Andy Libby
> http://www.andylibby.org/
>
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