Hi, I see. One downside about Freelists is that you cannot remove a mailing list, but I think that's something that wouldn't matter for now. Other than that, Freelists mimics Mailman a lot in terms of functionality. My original plan called for using Yahoo Groups for a while, then move onto another list manager if problems arise (which did happen so soon); in the end, I and Alex Hall envisioned running a user list on our site using our site's host, but we hit email limit problem. Apparently there is a website host out there which doesn't really care about number of emails on a list per hour, which would have been our ideal host. Thanks for your vote. I guess I'll wait for others to chime in. P.S. Is list management on Freelists doable using KeyWeb? Cheers, Joseph
-----Original Message----- From: Sharon S [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2012 12:28 AM To: Joseph Lee; [email protected] Subject: Re: [Braillenote] List transition again: should we move to Freelistsinstead? Hi Joseph, I musc prefer freelists and I actually moderate a couple of list over there and find it pretty easy to handle. I say go for it! I have never liked yahoo groups and only join them if I don't have a choice. >From Shaz. BN QT Apex and PK user. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joseph Lee" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2012 5:09 PM Subject: [Braillenote] List transition again: should we move to Freelistsinstead? | Hi folks, | My sincere apologies on this matter... | Due to problems with Yahoo Groups, namely Yahoo ID requirement, no way | to manually add people and accessibility concerns with list archives, | I'm thinking we should switch to Freelists. I know, this is a short | notice, but | since the list would be run by users and we want to keep the list | format as | is (where people with computers or not can join us), I think we should move | on. I'd like to gather your opinion as soon as possible (likely before | Wednsday or Thursday) so we can have a smoother transition (I think | Yahoo Groups transition was not that smooth). | Benefits of freelists include more accessible archives, ability to add | people manually and more flexible group configuration. In short, this means | that anyone who requests to join the Freelists group can email the | mods and | get added instantly. Also, Freelists allows creating webpages, which | would be useful for us to let people check archives and change email options. | Again my sincere apologies for this short notice and problems with | Yahoo Groups... Thanks for your considerations. | P.S. If we do decide to move to Freelists, those who are on the Yahoo Groups | will automatically get added to Freelists group (unless you say otherwise). | Cheers, | Joseph | | | | ___ | Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. | If your reply would be useful to the list, please send a copy to the | list as well. | | To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to | [email protected] | To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit | http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote | ___ Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. If your reply would be useful to the list, please send a copy to the list as well. To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to [email protected] To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
