Subject: Re: New home for the Loop List?

it has advertisements on bottom or top of email..
it regularly lists accounts as bouncing when they are not. but it does,
triple check per se, and eventually gets it right.
some spam definitely gets through. unless you place list on
administrative approval, which requires admin to approve every email.
when reading online, which i don't use much, it deifintiely forces some
advertising on you.

the pluses:
a lot more members, almost guaranteed. gotta be the largest email list
server by far.
it's reliable.
photo section, but it's limited, you'd have to administrate it...it
would get full fast...
data section, nice for faq's, fluid info, plug gaps - etc. quick and
easy maintenance data.
poll section - i don't think anyone uses these on any list i'm on...

i'm a member of about 30+ email groups on yahoo, and run 4, many i only
look at once or twice a year, when i'm searching for info..some i
subscribe individual message...

it administrates pretty easily....i guess overall it's the cheapest/easiest.
i bet you get 50% more subscribers once it's all up and rolling. but i
dunno how many you will lose switching....

Charlie Mullendore wrote:

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Could you be more specific on what part of "Yahoo Groups can be a pain"?
I joined a Mercedes list there and although it will take getting used to
for me, found it to be a viable candidate for the Loop Lists new home.
Any feedback is appreciated.

Greg Barratt wrote:

i too prefer the email list versus online forum. both have their
positives and negatives, but i think since this list is primarilly
technical based, many subscribers read most if not all the emails coming

through...on a forum, as jeff said, you can easily miss information, as
many many threads change direction.....
the search, although primitive, is relatively effective.. yahoogroups
can be a pain, but i think there would be more subscribers and activity
if it was on a mainstream email hosting server..

Patrick Hayes wrote:

IIRC, when we all first got computers and someone invented the
internet, the first and ONLY Guzzi listed was hosted on micapeak. For
whatever reason, it was migrated away. We need some old administrator
to remember why that happened so we don't step in the same puddle
again. Greg Field or Roy Harvey may remember.

OH, and if we migrate, PLEASE don't go to a format that eliminates
direct receipt of individual mails. I HATE threaded forums. Too
often I ignore a thread that doesn't seem to pertain to me, only to
discover too late that someone has changed the flow to important or
pertinent data without changing the subject header. I HATE to have to
go to some website and log on to read messages and then have to drill
down four more pages to find responses. Ask me how often I read and
post at the wild guzzi site.

Just give me the mail direct. I know how to use a delete key.

jeff m wrote:

Seconded for the micapeak option. H.Marc and Carl keep the system
running well. At least 3 of the other m/c lists I am on are hosted
at micapeak and nary a hiccup.

Charlie
http://www.loopframeguzzi.com/

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Subject: Re: New home for the Loop List?

Author: Greg Barratt

Date: Sep 9, 2005, 3:57 PM

Post ID: 1719409750

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