Hi, I am subscribed to a few lists from free lists and I find the whole interface very accessible. I would much prefer this to yahoo. Jmt,
Aleeha Dudley President, Ohio Association of Blind Students Changing what it means to be blind On Sep 4, 2012, at 3:35 AM, "Joseph Lee" <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > ___ 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
