this sounds great, harold. osi-us could get us into the free deal? do you agree that best option is to migrate to another listserv host and, failing that, fall back to this option?
m -- Michael Herman Michael Herman Associates http://MichaelHerman.com http://RonanParkTrail.com http://ManorNeighbors.com http://ChicagoConservationCorps.org http://OpenSpaceWorld.org 312-280-7838 (mobile) On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 12:45 PM, Harold Shinsato <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi Michael, > > Thanks for all your research on this. There's another option to consider. > The Open Space Institute for the US has managed to start using the free and > open source list serve software that runs and looks almost exactly like the > current ListServe for free using a generous web hosting company that gives > out web host services to U.S. 501(c)(3) organizations. > > It takes very little administration - as the Web Hosting company provides a > one click install for the "Mailman" program, which is the List Serve > software which is widely used: > > http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/index.html > > And there is even a path to maintain the logs for browsing and searching in > a similar way to how they are searchable and browsable now. It would take a > little techie work - but I'd be happy to help with that. > > Even if we didn't want get help from a current 501(c)(3) organization > (which would make it free) going with this kind of solution would only cost > about $100 US a year. > > Harold > > > On 12/1/10 10:47 AM, Michael Herman wrote: > > > 1. the oslist will cease to exist in its current form not later than june > of next year. > 2. boise state is migrating their own lists to googlegroups > 3. boise state is NOT migrating any archives (so we're on our own with > that) > 4. our archives will be delivered to us on a single CD > 5. they will be in the form of 150 monthly log files (roughly, 12 months x > 12 years) > 6. these monthly files can be read easily in any text editor > 7. they can be read less easily when opened directly in a web browser > application > 8. the BEST way to keep the archives and the list going is another l-soft > listserv host org > 9. finding another listserv host organization is something anyone can help > with... now! > 10. we already have [email protected] set up, so that's available > if/when we want to use it > > > > -- > Harold Shinsato > [email protected] > http://shinsato.com > twitter: @hajush <http://twitter.com/hajush> > * * ========================================================== [email protected] ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of [email protected]: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist
