I'd like to have the LotusList back. Team.Net is preferable since
we can lose the advertising from egroups.
Steve Shipley
Phil Ethier wrote:
>
> I say we go to Mark Bradakis and ask to be added to Team.Net under the
> lotus-cars name, and not just under chapman-era.
>
> Phil Ethier Saint Paul Minnesota USA
> 1970 Lotus Europa, 1992 Saturn SL2, 1986 Suburban, 1962 Triumph TR4 CT2846L
> LOON, MAC pethier@isd.net http://www.mnautox.com/
> "It makes a nice noise when it goes faster"
> - 4-year-old Adam, upon seeing a bitmap of Grandma Susie's TR4.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tim Engel <tengel@isd.net>
> To: Keith Gustafson <gusmach@shore.net>; chapman-era@autox.team.net
> <chapman-era@autox.team.net>
> Date: Friday, October 06, 2000 10:23 PM
> Subject: Re: Lotus list
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Keith Gustafson <gusmach@shore.net>
> >To: chapman-era@autox.team.net <chapman-era@autox.team.net>
> >Date: Friday, October 06, 2000 8:09 PM
> >Subject: Lotus list
> >>
> >>Haven't seen any traffic in days, has that list crashed?
> >
> >
> >Keith,
> >
> >Yes, it crashed big time. Unfortunately, the account was low-budget and
> >listed as
> >an "Unserviced Account"... or something like that. The bottom line is
> >that it wasn't backed up. 1200 member addresses are lost, so even
> when...
> >IF... they get it back up and running, they can't contact everyone to
> >advise 'em to re-subscribe.
> >
> >Apparently the timing is bad as well. The list doctor, Alan Perry is
> >swamped and can't deal with it right now.
> >
> >Some folks on the other Lotus model-specific lists have been talking about
> >what can be don't to help. Either real help or $$. So far, nothing
> >concrete.
> >
> >If you want to stay in touch, I suggest you subscribe to one of the other
> >lists and keep an ear to the ground. Apparently there's some information
> >on the Golden Gate Lotus Club's website. The text pasted onto the end of
> >this message was snipped from the Europa List. Nothing specific, just
> >chatter.
> >
> >
> >Regards,
> >Tim Engel
> >
> >
> >*************************
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: ken.landaiche@nokia.com <ken.landaiche@nokia.com>
> >To: pmbsab@infi.net <pmbsab@infi.net>; RLaMoreaux@BTE-US.com
> ><RLaMoreaux@BTE-US.com>
> >Cc: scott@alwaysthinking.com <scott@alwaysthinking.com>;
> >lotuseuropa@egroups.com <lotuseuropa@egroups.com>
> >Date: Friday, October 06, 2000 11:50 AM
> >Subject: the "discussion on how to proceed" (WAS RE: [lotuseuropa] Lotus L
> >ist Defunct)
> >
> >
> >>I imagine that most people on The List are also on the various
> >>model-specific lists. If we got together a list of all of the sub lists,
> >>Alan could post a message to all of them to resubscribe to The Big One
> when
> >>it finds a new home.
> >>
> >>I guess that means we have started the "discussion on how to proceed". :)
> >>
> >>Ken Landaiche
> >>
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: EXT Peter Blackford [mailto:pmbsab@infi.net]
> >>
> >>I'm sure many of us have goodly portions of said list in our
> >>various address books. Can we join the "discussion on how to
> >>proceed" and contribute what we have to a common resource?
> >>
> >>Sure do miss The List!
> >>
> >>Pete
> >>
> >>
> >>Rob LaMoreaux wrote:
> >>>
> >>> > BTW, is the Lotus list off line? I haven't had a digest show up for
> >>> > several days.
> >>> >
> >>>
> >>> This was posted on the LotusElan Email List and comes from the Golden
> >>> Gate Lotus site. There have been suggestions to revive it on eGroups.
> >>>
> >>> Steve Bearden wrote:
> >>> >
> >>> > <snip>
> >>> > > A few days ago I "fell off" the Lotus List.
> >>> > <snip>
> >>> >
> >>> > . . . They posted a message from Alan Perry as follows:
> >>> >
> >>> > "The Lotus Cars Mailing List is currently defunct.
> >>> > The computer that has been hosting the mailing list
> >>> > suffered a
> >>> > disk failure on September 27. The company that owns
> >>> > that computer (Best/Verio) has no plans to restore the
> >>> > service. Also, the company claims that the mailing
> >>> > list was an "unsupported service", so it did no
> >>> > back-ups on
> >>> > the computer and the membership list has been lost."
> >>> >
> >>> > How to proceed from here is under discussion.
> >>> >
> >>> > Thanks for listening.
> >>> >
> >>> > Steve Bearden
> >>>
> >>> Robert D. LaMoreaux
> >>> BT Electronics LLC
> >>> 22700 Heslip Dr.
> >>> NoVI, MI 48375
> >>> Main Phone:(248)-348-6560
> >>> Direct Phone:(248)-348-6504
> >>> Fax:(248)-348-6558
> >>> Email:RLaMoreaux@bte-us.com
> >>> Alternate Email:Rob_LaMoreaux@compuserve.com
> >
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