Re: [firebird-support] Mailing list change?

2018-08-10 Thread DougC d...@moosemail.net [firebird-support]
Well, let's not throw strawmen into the mix. Let's not assume moving the list means going to a web-based service OR going to a fee-based service. If we could find a reliable non-cost, non-web forum, is there any big reason not to move away from Yahoo's neglected service? Has anyone really

Re: [firebird-support] Mailing list change?

2018-08-10 Thread blackfalconsoftw...@outlook.com [firebird-support]
Mark... Do you know how the data is stored in the Yahoo mailing list? If not, could you contact the administrator to find out? There may be a way to convert it to another platform in case the project leaders decide to move it to another platform... Steve Naidamast Sr. Software

RE: [firebird-support] Name longer than database column size

2018-08-10 Thread Hugo Eyng hugoe...@msn.com [firebird-support]
Thank you Karol. I will check it. I think you are right. Atenciosamente, + + Hugo Eyng + + De: firebird-support@yahoogroups.com em nome de liviuslivius liviusliv...@poczta.onet.pl [firebird-support] Enviado: quinta-feira, 9 de agosto de 2018 03:58 Para:

Re: [firebird-support] Re: Mailing list change?

2018-08-10 Thread Helen Borrie hele...@iinet.net.au [firebird-support]
Doug wrote: > In any event, the admins have made it clear they are not looking to > move so we can drop it for the moment. Actually, I'm the admin and I haven't said a lot about the current glitches so far. ;-) And you're an occasional moderator of this list too, so it's fair you should have

Re: [firebird-support] Mailing list change?

2018-08-10 Thread Mark Rotteveel m...@lawinegevaar.nl [firebird-support]
On 10-8-2018 18:32, blackfalconsoftw...@outlook.com [firebird-support] wrote: > Out of curiosity, I found the following two links that may help in your > future decisions about changing from Yahoo Groups to another platform... > > 1... > This link demonstrates that others have been having a lot

Re: [firebird-support] Mailing list change?

2018-08-10 Thread Mark Rotteveel m...@lawinegevaar.nl [firebird-support]
On 10-8-2018 18:15, blackfalconsoftw...@outlook.com [firebird-support] wrote: > Do you know how the data is stored in the Yahoo mailing list?   If not, > could you contact the administrator to find out? In my experience, it is pretty hard to contact Yahoo for simple problems, let alone for

Re: [firebird-support] Mailing list change?

2018-08-10 Thread Lester Caine les...@lsces.co.uk [firebird-support]
On 09/08/18 16:42, DougC d...@moosemail.net [firebird-support] wrote: > In light of the current problem of duplicate messages being sent out, > I'd like to bring up the idea of changing platforms from the Yahoo > Groups platform. Many other mailing lists I receive used to use Yahoo > Groups but

Re: [firebird-support] Multiple copies of the same post

2018-08-10 Thread Mark Rotteveel m...@lawinegevaar.nl [firebird-support]
On 8/9/2018 9:29 PM, Helen Borrie hele...@iinet.net.au [firebird-support] wrote: > I've been seeing the same thing in this and other Yahoo lists. > Also, as list admin, some other behaviour, such as getting a 404 error > when I click through the supplied link to a post that requires > moderation.

Re: [firebird-support] Mailing list change?

2018-08-10 Thread 'River~~' river14ap...@gmail.com [firebird-support]
I agree with the suggestion NOT to move anywhere with a price list. Other than that I am equally content to stay or to follow you elsewhere R~~ In response to G8HFL: I will add G8YWO formerly VP8AEH ;) On Fri, 10 Aug 2018, 10:54 Lester Caine les...@lsces.co.uk [firebird-support], wrote: > >

Re: [firebird-support] Multiple copies of the same post

2018-08-10 Thread 'River~~' river14ap...@gmail.com [firebird-support]
Thinking about the symptoms from a software engineer / sysadmin perspective... Hopefully Yahoo have designed their system so that a fault duplicates rather than skips a given message when a machine goes down part way through sending out a batch. That's how I would have de signed it too. It is

Re: [firebird-support] Mailing list change?

2018-08-10 Thread Mark Rotteveel m...@lawinegevaar.nl [firebird-support]
On 9-8-2018 17:42, DougC d...@moosemail.net [firebird-support] wrote: > > > In light of the current problem of duplicate messages being sent out, > I'd like to bring up the idea of changing platforms from the Yahoo > Groups platform. Many other mailing lists I receive used to use Yahoo >