I'd go with IO from what you've said ... only other thing is that we should
look at making sure that a search sends people to the new site and not
Yahoo, so that if they do delete all signs there under new management folks
wouldn't run into a dead end
ret7
On Sat, Feb 10, 2018 at 7:19 PM, [Traveller_TNE] <
> wrote:
>
>
> Ouch. Derek, you're a silly guy.
>
> My research today turned up that we are far from alone with this problem.
> And other groups are having even worse problems. It would seem that the
> problems with the system run deep.
>
> I've looked up a couple potential new sites: Groupbox and Groups.io
>
> Both have their pros and cons. The big plus for io (besides the fact that
> is founded by a former Yahoo developer) is that they're capable of handling
> the migration from YahooGroups over to their servers. It may take a few
> days, but we wouldn't lose all of the posts that people have provided over
> the years (and there's some really good stuff on here that you guys have
> posted) and email addresses would be ported over as well. There would be
> very little work that I or you would have to do.
>
> With Groupbox, we'd be leaving all of the old stuff behind. Not that it
> would get deleted in the short run anyway; I know of groups that have been
> dead for several years and are still there if you look for them. Yahoo's
> new masters may decide that orphan groups should be terminated.
>
> io does have limits on its free stuff. We couldn't store more than a GB of
> files (not that we do anyway). Otherwise, we'd have to pay $10/month. I
> already pay for my website. I'm not about to pay for a mailing list.
> Fortunately, messages *don't* count towards that storage limit, so we'd be
> safe.
>
> Groupbox has no limits and makes all of its revenue from ads.
>
> Google is a bad idea. There are people saying that it's as bad as Yahoo
> now.
>
> When I get the time, I'll post the pros and cons of each service here.
>
> There's still a chance that Yahoo will fix this, but I won't hold my
> breath. I don't think there's much financial incentive for them to do so.
>
> If anyone would like to weigh in on this subject, please do.
>
> \_/
> DED
> TNE @ Yahoo ml Admin
>
>
> ---In , nightrim wrote :
>
> Perhaps the responses were ... indigestible.
>
> 😂😂😂
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On Feb 10, 2018, at 7:48 AM, dedly <> wrote:
>
>
>
> I should've received a digest with everyone's responses, but I didn't.
>
> I'm going to see if someone at Yahoo tech support can figure this out. If
> not, it may be time to consider a new host for this mailing list.
>
> \_/
> DED
> TNE @ Yahoo ml Admin
>
>
> ---In , <> wrote :
>
> I haven't seen much either.
>
> Matt
>
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* " [Traveller_TNE]" <>
> *To:*
> *Sent:* Thursday, February 8, 2018 8:04 PM
> *Subject:* [Traveller_TNE] Daily Digest
>
>
> Sorry to bother everyone, but is anyone having problems receiving the
> Daily Digest from Yahoo? I haven't received any for the carrier question I
> asked. Last one I got was December 30th.
>
> In general, I've been having problems with Yahoo for email ever since they
> joined up with Verizon (sour grapes from AT&T?). I'd hate to think that
> Groups was being messed with as well.
>
> If I'm not the only one having problems here, I'll see if I can bring it
> to tech support's attention. If I am the only one, I'll just switch email
> addresses.
>
> \_/
> DED
> TNE @ Yahoo ml Admin
>
>
>
>
look at making sure that a search sends people to the new site and not
Yahoo, so that if they do delete all signs there under new management folks
wouldn't run into a dead end
ret7
On Sat, Feb 10, 2018 at 7:19 PM, [Traveller_TNE] <
> wrote:
>
>
> Ouch. Derek, you're a silly guy.
>
> My research today turned up that we are far from alone with this problem.
> And other groups are having even worse problems. It would seem that the
> problems with the system run deep.
>
> I've looked up a couple potential new sites: Groupbox and Groups.io
>
> Both have their pros and cons. The big plus for io (besides the fact that
> is founded by a former Yahoo developer) is that they're capable of handling
> the migration from YahooGroups over to their servers. It may take a few
> days, but we wouldn't lose all of the posts that people have provided over
> the years (and there's some really good stuff on here that you guys have
> posted) and email addresses would be ported over as well. There would be
> very little work that I or you would have to do.
>
> With Groupbox, we'd be leaving all of the old stuff behind. Not that it
> would get deleted in the short run anyway; I know of groups that have been
> dead for several years and are still there if you look for them. Yahoo's
> new masters may decide that orphan groups should be terminated.
>
> io does have limits on its free stuff. We couldn't store more than a GB of
> files (not that we do anyway). Otherwise, we'd have to pay $10/month. I
> already pay for my website. I'm not about to pay for a mailing list.
> Fortunately, messages *don't* count towards that storage limit, so we'd be
> safe.
>
> Groupbox has no limits and makes all of its revenue from ads.
>
> Google is a bad idea. There are people saying that it's as bad as Yahoo
> now.
>
> When I get the time, I'll post the pros and cons of each service here.
>
> There's still a chance that Yahoo will fix this, but I won't hold my
> breath. I don't think there's much financial incentive for them to do so.
>
> If anyone would like to weigh in on this subject, please do.
>
> \_/
> DED
> TNE @ Yahoo ml Admin
>
>
> ---In , nightrim wrote :
>
> Perhaps the responses were ... indigestible.
>
> 😂😂😂
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On Feb 10, 2018, at 7:48 AM, dedly <> wrote:
>
>
>
> I should've received a digest with everyone's responses, but I didn't.
>
> I'm going to see if someone at Yahoo tech support can figure this out. If
> not, it may be time to consider a new host for this mailing list.
>
> \_/
> DED
> TNE @ Yahoo ml Admin
>
>
> ---In , <> wrote :
>
> I haven't seen much either.
>
> Matt
>
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* " [Traveller_TNE]" <>
> *To:*
> *Sent:* Thursday, February 8, 2018 8:04 PM
> *Subject:* [Traveller_TNE] Daily Digest
>
>
> Sorry to bother everyone, but is anyone having problems receiving the
> Daily Digest from Yahoo? I haven't received any for the carrier question I
> asked. Last one I got was December 30th.
>
> In general, I've been having problems with Yahoo for email ever since they
> joined up with Verizon (sour grapes from AT&T?). I'd hate to think that
> Groups was being messed with as well.
>
> If I'm not the only one having problems here, I'll see if I can bring it
> to tech support's attention. If I am the only one, I'll just switch email
> addresses.
>
> \_/
> DED
> TNE @ Yahoo ml Admin
>
>
>
>