[DMCForum] Re: Appeal for a move to a more MODERN FORMAT

["ryanpwright" <yahoo1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Marc Levy <malevy_nj@xxxx> wrote:
> 
> I dont know you all that well Ryan, but the concern
> would be what happens to the list if you decide you
> dont want to be bothered with it anymore?  Yahoo is
> more stable than someone running a server in their
> basement.

That's good, because I don't run my servers in my basement. It's a
fully hosted solution in a managed data center with unbelivable
bandwidth (I think they have an OC-192). 

Over the past year Yahoo has been down more times than I have.

I won't decide I don't want to be bothered with it anymore. If
something were to happen and I was unable to continue hosting it, I'd
help the owners move it to another server. Other than a brief
disruption of service while DNS switched over, nobody would even
notice. Or if that's a concern Walt could get his own server. It's a
whopping $20 a month and I'll offer to do the config.

Or don't. I suppose it doesn't really matter. I just hate public
lists, with the ads and the various BS you have to put up with.

Mark V:

>> > Tamir's forum i feel is not the way to go.

Yeah, I wasn't saying we should all move there. I was saying we should
use a similar software format.

Dave,

>> I've said it before, I'll say it again. There are 'board' people 
>> and there are 'list' people, and rarely do the two meet.

Right, so why not combine the two? You have to err on the side of one
or the other, but:

1. Run a list with a decent web interface, or,
2. Run a board with a decent email interface.

Yahoo is an OK email list with annoying ads and a terrible web
interface. Google is more of the same (not sure about ads yet). 

-Ryan

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