Thanks so much Lee and everyone in the group! I echo everyones dismay about closing the group! I don’t post often but as Beth and others said - it has been a huge source of help and information for me over the years. Such great people reside here!
So - with that said - the following site might be an answer to the problem. https://groups.io/ <https://groups.io/> I belong to a group there for genealogy. However - when searching the site - it turns out there are 100s of different groups dedicated to almost anything you can imagine. Each group has a moderator and this group was set up to replace a huge genealogy message board, Rootsweb, that is closing since being taken over by Ancestry. They deliver messages just like MacGroup - by email in individual or digest form. Sign up is by replying to an invitation email from the moderator. After that you can go to the site - creat a user name and password and set preferences for how you want to receive messages. Replies are sent just as they are now - by email and answered the same way. The moderator of my group says it is a free site. I would suspect that depends on how much storage is involved. Since there is no advertising they have to make money somehow! I suspect if lots of attachments, images, etc. are sent there might be a cost. Anyway - maybe it’s a possibility. Hope this helps! Cheers - Lona > On Feb 4, 2020, at 4:35 PM, [email protected] wrote: > > Send MacGroup mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://www.math.louisville.edu/mailman/listinfo/macgroup > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of MacGroup digest..." > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: The end of MacGroup (Bill Rising) > 2. Re: The end of MacGroup (Ed Wiser) > 3. Re: The end of MacGroup (John Stone) > > From: Bill Rising <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [MacGroup] The end of MacGroup > Date: February 4, 2020 at 4:12:51 PM EST > To: Macintosh MacUser Group <[email protected]> > Reply-To: Topics related to Apple and Macintosh computers > <[email protected]> > > > That's an idea, esp. since they just changed the rules to get rid of public > groups (i.e. all groups are either by invitation or restricted to a moderator > OK'ing membership). The public groups were spam-laden. > > Bill > > >> On Feb 4, 2020, at 15:43, Pen Helm <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I run a mailing list at yahoogroups.com; they don't charge for it. >> >>> On Feb 4, 2020, at 3:10 PM, tom holloman <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> We will really miss it, but do understand as Mac users are a real security >>> risk. >>> Tom >>> >>> On Tue, Feb 4, 2020 at 2:26 PM Lee Larson <[email protected]> wrote: >>> The Instructional Technology people at the University of Louisville have >>> decided departmental mail servers are an unacceptable security risk. They >>> are going to block external access to them beginning February 15. After >>> they do this, it won’t be possible to host MacGroup on its present server. >>> Unless another server can be found, the list will no longer be available >>> after that date. >>> >>> L^2 >>> >>> PS/ This list has had a long lifetime, compared to most mailing lists. My >>> archives date back to July 16, 2007 and contain over 16,000 messages. When >>> I first set up this list I had no idea it would last more than twelve years >>> and migrate through at least three machine upgrades. >>> >>> ---- >>> Lee Larson >>> [email protected] >>> >>> So long, and thanks for all the fish. — Douglas Adams, Hitchhiker’s >>> Trilogy, Volume 4 >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> MacGroup mailing list >>> Posting address: [email protected] >>> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/> >>> Answers to questions: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup/> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> MacGroup mailing list >>> Posting address: [email protected] >>> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/> >>> Answers to questions: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup/> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> MacGroup mailing list >> Posting address: [email protected] >> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/> >> Answers to questions: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup/> > > > > > > > From: Ed Wiser <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [MacGroup] The end of MacGroup > Date: February 4, 2020 at 4:13:36 PM EST > To: Topics related to Apple and Macintosh computers > <[email protected]> > Reply-To: Topics related to Apple and Macintosh computers > <[email protected]> > > > I am sure we can find a replacement. > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Feb 4, 2020, at 3:44 PM, Pen Helm <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I run a mailing list at yahoogroups.com <http://yahoogroups.com/>; they >> don't charge for it. >> >>> On Feb 4, 2020, at 3:10 PM, tom holloman <[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> >>> We will really miss it, but do understand as Mac users are a real security >>> risk. >>> Tom >>> >>> On Tue, Feb 4, 2020 at 2:26 PM Lee Larson <[email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> The Instructional Technology people at the University of Louisville have >>> decided departmental mail servers are an unacceptable security risk. They >>> are going to block external access to them beginning February 15. After >>> they do this, it won’t be possible to host MacGroup on its present server. >>> Unless another server can be found, the list will no longer be available >>> after that date. >>> >>> L^2 >>> >>> PS/ This list has had a long lifetime, compared to most mailing lists. My >>> archives date back to July 16, 2007 and contain over 16,000 messages. When >>> I first set up this list I had no idea it would last more than twelve years >>> and migrate through at least three machine upgrades. >>> >>> ---- >>> Lee Larson >>> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >>> >>> So long, and thanks for all the fish. — Douglas Adams, Hitchhiker’s >>> Trilogy, Volume 4 >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> MacGroup mailing list >>> Posting address: [email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]> >>> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >>> <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>> >>> Answers to questions: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup/ >>> <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup/>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> MacGroup mailing list >>> Posting address: [email protected] >>> <mailto:[email protected]> >>> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >>> <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>> >>> Answers to questions: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup/ >>> <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup/>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> MacGroup mailing list >> Posting address: [email protected] >> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/> >> Answers to questions: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup/> > > > > From: John Stone <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [MacGroup] The end of MacGroup > Date: February 4, 2020 at 4:34:58 PM EST > To: Topics related to Apple and Macintosh computers > <[email protected]> > Reply-To: Topics related to Apple and Macintosh computers > <[email protected]> > > > Thanks Lee for all your work on the Mac List. > > John > > On Tue, Feb 4, 2020 at 14:26 Lee Larson <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > The Instructional Technology people at the University of Louisville have > decided departmental mail servers are an unacceptable security risk. They are > going to block external access to them beginning February 15. After they do > this, it won’t be possible to host MacGroup on its present server. Unless > another server can be found, the list will no longer be available after that > date. > > L^2 > > PS/ This list has had a long lifetime, compared to most mailing lists. My > archives date back to July 16, 2007 and contain over 16,000 messages. When I > first set up this list I had no idea it would last more than twelve years and > migrate through at least three machine upgrades. > > ---- > Lee Larson > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > So long, and thanks for all the fish. — Douglas Adams, Hitchhiker’s Trilogy, > Volume 4 > > _______________________________________________ > MacGroup mailing list > Posting address: [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>> > Answers to questions: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup/ > <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup/>> > -- > U-2 & SR-71 web page > > http://www.blackbirds.net <http://www.blackbirds.net/> > > Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary > safety deserve neither liberty nor safety -Benjamin Franklin > > Read the Constitution - It's Interesting! > http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/constitution.overview.html > <http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/constitution.overview.html> > > > MacGroup mailing list > Posting address: [email protected] > Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/> > Answers to questions: <http://erdos.math.louisville.edu/macgroup/>
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