Larry, I don't mean to put down on your other ideas, but I have never paid for any list of this type and I don't see a reason to pay for something that can be free...
Bryon 1984 Rabbit GTI 1991 Hetta GLI 16V --- Larry Velez <[email protected]> wrote: > > There is a searchable Archive with each Yahoo! > Group. What would be > great is if we could import all the messages from > the last two archives > and make it all searchable within YahooGroups but I > guess that is too > much to ask for... > > These are all from Yahoo!'s site so take all this > with a grain of salt. > > How do I transfer my email list to Yahoo! Groups? > http://help.yahoo.com/help/us/groups/groups-06.html > > What is the spam policy in Yahoo! Groups? How do I > avoid spam? > http://help.yahoo.com/help/us/groups/groups-05.html > > Is it possible for a spammer to gather email > addresses from Yahoo! > Groups? > http://help.yahoo.com/help/us/groups/members/members-03.html > > > I know I brought up the YahooGroups suggestion but I > don't want everyone > to think that I believe YahooGroups is the end all > and be all of places > to host the list. Another option might be to get a > commercial > listserver. They may be able to accommodate > advanced features like > importing old messages. I can do some research on > providers like this > if people are interested in this option. In the > past we had raffles > and donations to cover the cost of the list. Maybe > we can revive these > traditions. Now that I think about it maybe a > commercial list provider > that can import all the old messages, give us > searchable web access to > the complete archive and provides reliable service > is something we > should seriously consider. > > Even if we have to parse through the old messages to > get them in the > right format for importing I am sure we have a > couple of programmers on > the list that can help with this. > > Of course keeping it on Chad's server and helping > him keep the list up > and maybe add some of the missing features is also > an option. And an > easy one at that because we are already on Chad's > server. > > Just throwing ideas out there. Keep up the > dialogue. > > -Larry > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Chad Rebuck > Sent: Friday, June 14, 2002 12:14 AM > To: Fli GLi; Bryon Kordenbrock; List A2-16V > Subject: Re: [A2-16v] 16v list problems > > > Isn't there a way on yahoogroups to do a mass email > subscribe? Any > subscriber on this list can gather the email > addresses at > http://maillist.myip.org/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v. > Does anyone know how > much space you get on yahoogroups? I think it is > important to maintain > searchable archives as well. Of course the list on > my server isn't > searchable yet, but I don't think it is much work I > decide to add a > search function. > > As I have mentioned to some people offline > deerfield.com has assured me > they will fix the dns problem permanantly, so there > may not be any more > problems to speak of. > > _______________________________________________ > A2-16v mailing list > [email protected] > http://maillist.myip.org/mailman/listinfo/a2-16v __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com
