So far there have only been 35 respondents with the overwhelming majority favorable for the move. A small number (<4) would prefer to keep things as they are. I'm not sure what threshold we should target for making this decision but like most elections in our society, those who fail to vote lose their voice in such decisions. The list currently has 507 members, or at least valid email addresses, with only 32 members marked for no mail or digest delivery. It is difficult to estimate truly 'active' members, but unused emails do expire. Gmail for example has a 2y inactivity (sender side) limit at which point any emails to that address will be rejected (bounced back to sender). Yahoo email has a 12-month inactivity policy and all other email service providers have something similar. I routinely receive notifications regarding bounced emails from our [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> server and after 10 consecutive failed bounces I remove that person from the distribution list so the (507 - 32) cannot be too stale an estimate.
My proposal is to wait 2 weeks as some may be on vacation/holiday/illness and revisit the final count at that point. Interestingly, there is no fee for small groups < 100 at Groups.IO for basic messaging/archiving. In any case, I would not close the mailman.qth.net list but rather continue sending out a single monthly broadcast to the list pointing people to find us on the new groups.io link. Suggestions/comments are welcome !! Jerry NY2KW (ex-K1JOS, ex-WB2ORJ) From: JOS K1JOS <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2026 7:34 PM To: [email protected]; [email protected] Subject: Survey to Consider Moving R-390 Mail List to Groups.IO There has been a proposal to move our mailing list to Groups.io due to inconsistent mail/digest deliveries. Groups.io has a very user friendly interface, will send you email updates or digests plus it has a robust searchable archive of messages and files. The hosting fee is ~ $250/year. If we can establish a minimum interest among the current 500+ [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> members we can move forward. All comments, suggestions, criticisms, etc are welcome. Those who have already responded under the previous 'TEST' subject header need not reply again. Link to Groups.io : https://groups.io/ Thanks to all ! Jerry NY2KW (K1JOS) R-390 mail list administrator ______________________________________________________________ R-390 mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/r-390 Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
