john donnelly wrote:
> With all of the issues with Listquest, have any of you considered changing
> to Yahoo mail groups? ...
>
> While my 34 year old car may be old, I don't keep it that way. The core
> remains Triumph, but now it has urethane bushings, better tires, CD stereo,
> improved materials, better technologies all around. Why do we stay with an
> old message system?
>
> I say this list is broke and needs fixed, or changed.
John, respectfully, aside from the broken Listquest archives, I don't have any
problems with the list. Mark B.'s good ol' fashioned mailserver is appropriate
technology for a large mailing list. The archive was nice back when Listquest
had funding, and I'm sure a good searchable archive would be handy -- but I
don't want to see the list moved to Yahoo just to
get that.
FWIW a work related list I'm on moved from a private listserve to Yahoo, and my
spam volume (along with those members who made the move) increased tenfold.
Members who didn't have good virus protection started getting "Snow White" a
dozen times a day. Newer isn't always better. My 39 year old car will always be
old, but it's simple and reliable. My consulting
firm specializes in a 30 year old operating system for similar reasons -- it's
far less problematic than a late model BMW with GPS, in-dash phone, and a CD
jukebox. <g>
--
Steven "bah humbug" Newell
Crave Technology, Inc. (UNIX and network consulting)
Denver, CO
'62 TR4
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