Re: [MacGroup] New Mailing List

2020-02-10 Thread John Robinson
YEA, Jonathan you are the man! Thanks so much. John. Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 10, 2020, at 11:18 PM, Jonathan Fletcher > wrote: > > All, > > I’m warming to the idea of a hosted solution, rather than something in my > closet. While I am open to that, there are issues with spam

[MacGroup] Invitations

2020-02-10 Thread Jonathan Fletcher
We’re good to go. Our new home is macgr...@groups.io, but it is by invitation only. I have to enter your addresses into Groups.io to send you all invitations. I know some of you have already expressed your interest, but for the sake of orderliness, please send me an email directly to the

Re: [MacGroup] New Mac Group list

2020-02-10 Thread T Guenthner
I’m in Tom Guenthner Louisville, Ky tguenth...@twc.com > On Feb 10, 2020, at 6:27 PM, Brian ONeal wrote: > > My first thought is getting everyone to reply with their email address who > wants to be included on any new group so that there is a clean list. > Lee

Re: [MacGroup] New Mailing List

2020-02-10 Thread Jonathan Fletcher
All, I’m warming to the idea of a hosted solution, rather than something in my closet. While I am open to that, there are issues with spam filtering that likes to block people from certain addresses. Running your own server gets to be a headache of spam swatting and getting filterers to

Re: [MacGroup] New Mac Group list

2020-02-10 Thread Sandy Price
This list is such a valuable resource, please count me in! And huge thanks to whoever takes on the administrative duties... :) > On Feb 10, 2020, at 6:27 PM, Brian ONeal wrote: > > My first thought is getting everyone to reply with their email address who > wants to be included on any new

[MacGroup] New mailing list

2020-02-10 Thread LONA LIVERS
Please count me in Check out this site as it seems to work just like MacGroup. I belong to a group there. https://groups.io/ Lona > On Feb 10, 2020, at 7:53 PM, macgroup-requ...@erdos.math.louisville.edu wrote: > > Send MacGroup mailing list submissions to >

Re: [MacGroup] Re.: New Mac Group list

2020-02-10 Thread Anne Cartwright
If I understand correctly, Lee has been running the listserv alone for all these years. Jonathan is able and willing. I agree - go for it. Anne > On Feb 10, 2020, at 8:12 PM, John Robinson wrote: > > Jonathan, it appears most want to stick with an email service as has served > us for so

Re: [MacGroup] Re.: New Mac Group list

2020-02-10 Thread John Robinson
Jonathan, it appears most want to stick with an email service as has served us for so many years. I’ve seen your setup, you have plenty of capacity & speed, I guess the only drawback for you or Bill to handle the server yourselves would be the horror of something happening to either of you, or

Re: [MacGroup] Re.: New Mac Group list

2020-02-10 Thread Harry Jacobson-Beyer
Hi Jonathan, Go for it. I don’t have the time or the skills. So please do get it going. Harry > On Feb 10, 2020, at 7:44 PM, Jonathan Fletcher wrote: > > I also don’t do FaceBook; I LIKE the focused bandwidth of a listserv. I do > NOT like the massive time-sink that is characteristic of the

Re: [MacGroup] So do we just start a new mailing list?

2020-02-10 Thread Pen Helm
Actually Yahoo Groups is still a possibility... the article explains that they are cutting some features we don't use, but you can still communicate by email like we do. > On Feb 10, 2020, at 6:11 PM, Ed Wiser wrote: > > Yahoo groups is shutting down. > >

Re: [MacGroup] So do we just start a new mailing list?

2020-02-10 Thread Ed Wiser
https://support.google.com/groups/answer/2464926?hl=en Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 10, 2020, at 7:28 PM, John Stone wrote: > >  > Google has groups like Yahoo! > >> On Mon, Feb 10, 2020 at 18:11 Ed Wiser wrote: >> Yahoo groups is shutting down. >> >>

Re: [MacGroup] Topics related to Apple and Macintosh computers

2020-02-10 Thread Wendi Williams
Please count me in, too! I am so thankful to Lee and everyone else! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Wendi Williams dwr...@gmail.com > On Feb 10, 2020, at 6:58 PM, macgroup-requ...@erdos.math.louisville.edu wrote: > > From: Brian ONeal mailto:br...@oneal.in>> > Subject: [MacGroup] New Mac

[MacGroup] Re.: New Mac Group list

2020-02-10 Thread Jonathan Fletcher
I also don’t do FaceBook; I LIKE the focused bandwidth of a listserv. I do NOT like the massive time-sink that is characteristic of the popular social media sites. I asked Lee if he wanted to work with me to get it up and running elsewhere and he told me that Bill Rising volunteered to take it

Re: [MacGroup] PIA

2020-02-10 Thread John Stone
Some sites block known vpn up addresses. John On Mon, Feb 10, 2020 at 19:13 Harry Jacobson-Beyer wrote: > Yep! > > > On Feb 10, 2020, at 6:50 PM, John Robinson > wrote: > > > > Isn’t it sad Harry that after Friday you won’t have any help with a > question such as this!! > > > > John > > > > >

Re: [MacGroup] New Mac Group list

2020-02-10 Thread John Stone
Count me in John On Mon, Feb 10, 2020 at 19:03 John Robinson wrote: > Problem is those folks that want to be on the list but seldom check, if > they do after we are takine down they will find nothing. > > Is there a way to route the old email address to a new address? > > John > > > > > On

Re: [MacGroup] PIA

2020-02-10 Thread Harry Jacobson-Beyer
Yep! > On Feb 10, 2020, at 6:50 PM, John Robinson wrote: > > Isn’t it sad Harry that after Friday you won’t have any help with a question > such as this!! > > John > > > >> On Feb 10, 2020, at 6:25 PM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer wrote: >> >> I went to the Fitbit web site

Re: [MacGroup] So do we just start a new mailing list?

2020-02-10 Thread John Stone
Google has groups like Yahoo! On Mon, Feb 10, 2020 at 18:11 Ed Wiser wrote: > Yahoo groups is shutting down. > > > https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/8xwe9p/yahoo-groups-is-winding-down-and-all-content-will-be-permanently-removed > > I was on several mailing lists back in the day.  > Facebook

Re: [MacGroup] New Mac Group list

2020-02-10 Thread John Robinson
Problem is those folks that want to be on the list but seldom check, if they do after we are takine down they will find nothing. Is there a way to route the old email address to a new address? John > On Feb 10, 2020, at 6:27 PM, Brian ONeal wrote: > > My first thought is getting everyone

Re: [MacGroup] New Mac Group list

2020-02-10 Thread John Robinson
Brian, Of course count me in…I don’t know how it’s going to work, I would gladly help but I’m within 7 months of retiring and I have a boat load of things on my plate if my wife and I plan to eat after that fateful day. John > On Feb 10, 2020, at 6:27 PM, Brian ONeal wrote: > > My first

Re: [MacGroup] PIA

2020-02-10 Thread John Robinson
Isn’t it sad Harry that after Friday you won’t have any help with a question such as this!! John > On Feb 10, 2020, at 6:25 PM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer wrote: > > I went to the Fitbit web site with VPN turned on and > received this message: > > Error 1006 Ray ID:

Re: [MacGroup] New Mac Group list

2020-02-10 Thread tom holloman
I’m in Tom > On Feb 10, 2020, at 6:37 PM, Harry Jacobson-Beyer wrote: > > I am in. > Thanks to whomever will organize the list. > >> On Feb 10, 2020, at 6:27 PM, Brian ONeal wrote: >> >> My first thought is getting everyone to reply with their email address who >> wants to be included on

Re: [MacGroup] New Mac Group list

2020-02-10 Thread Nora Probasco
Count me in. On Mon, Feb 10, 2020 at 6:27 PM Brian ONeal wrote: > My first thought is getting everyone to reply with their email address who > wants to be included on any new group so that there is a clean list. > Lee will not have to devote any time to any sort of exporting addresses of >

Re: [MacGroup] New Mac Group list

2020-02-10 Thread Harry Jacobson-Beyer
I am in. Thanks to whomever will organize the list. > On Feb 10, 2020, at 6:27 PM, Brian ONeal wrote: > > My first thought is getting everyone to reply with their email address who > wants to be included on any new group so that there is a clean list. > Lee will not have to devote any time to

[MacGroup] PIA

2020-02-10 Thread Harry Jacobson-Beyer
I went to the Fitbit web site with VPN turned on and received this message: Error 1006 Ray ID: 5631d1793e8fe1be • 2020-02-10 23:21:14 UTC Access denied What happened? The owner of this website (www.fitbit.com) has banned your IP address (104.200.153.95). Cloudflare Ray

[MacGroup] New Mac Group list

2020-02-10 Thread Brian ONeal
My first thought is getting everyone to reply with their email address who wants to be included on any new group so that there is a clean list. Lee will not have to devote any time to any sort of exporting addresses of current people, and those who are long gone for a new list. There are four

Re: [MacGroup] So do we just start a new mailing list?

2020-02-10 Thread Wendi Williams
Oh, please, let’s keep it alive!! I don’t post often, but I certainly read and appreciate all the knowledge you folks share. I would truly miss this group! Wendi Williams > On Feb 10, 2020, at 2:43 PM, macgroup-requ...@erdos.math.louisville.edu wrote: > > From: Ed Wiser

Re: [MacGroup] So do we just start a new mailing list?

2020-02-10 Thread Ed Wiser
Yahoo groups is shutting down. https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/8xwe9p/yahoo-groups-is-winding-down-and-all-content-will-be-permanently-removed I was on several mailing lists back in the day.  Facebook has taken so much traffic away from mailing list groups they are not really viable to

Re: [MacGroup] So do we just start a new mailing list?

2020-02-10 Thread Jeff @ SLYN Systems
Is Yahoo still an option? I helped run a Small Business Server group there years ago and it was totally free. And very easy to keep out the undesirable overseas spammers. Jeff -- Original Message -- From: Ed Wiser To: Topics related to Apple and Macintosh computers Subject:

Re: [MacGroup] So do we just start a new mailing list?

2020-02-10 Thread FranL.
I would like to see this group continue, for it's been a good source of info and a great resource to fall back upon when problems occurred. On Mon, Feb 10, 2020 at 3:59 PM John Robinson wrote: > Ed, > > I’m not knowledgable enough to know which would suit us best, I’m assuming > as we now

Re: [MacGroup] So do we just start a new mailing list?

2020-02-10 Thread John Robinson
Ed, I’m not knowledgable enough to know which would suit us best, I’m assuming as we now have, a simple mailing list. I also don’t know the amount of work associated with this, keeping updates to the mail serve software, meeting the requirement of the server host, there may be so much more to

Re: [MacGroup] So do we just start a new mailing list?

2020-02-10 Thread James Priest
I would like it to continue and even expand to actual meetings with topics and SME Dr. James Priest PhD Sr. Fire Strategist/Researcher > On Feb 10, 2020, at 2:44 PM, John Stone wrote: > >  > I’d like to keep it if possible, if it’s cool with Lee. If it is would Lee > like to continue to

Re: [MacGroup] So do we just start a new mailing list?

2020-02-10 Thread Beth Phillips
I'm all for keeping the list going if someone has the capabilities of doing so. Thanks in advance to whoever takes this project on. It's great having a group of local users that are so knowledgeable and willing to share what they know. Thanks! Beth Phillips IT Associate PHONE | 800-626-6409

Re: [MacGroup] So do we just start a new mailing list?

2020-02-10 Thread Ed Wiser
John I have ran an aquarium club for 30 years. We use to have meetings but we do everything online now as it’s hard to get people to come out. We have a private Facebook group. But Facebook is so toxic now. I would want to have us go there. There are mailing list sites. One of our members

Re: [MacGroup] So do we just start a new mailing list?

2020-02-10 Thread John Robinson
I guess the key to others managing the server and list would be security…who has access to the server, anyone at the employment or home where it’s located? What firewall systems are in place to protect our list from outside sources? What backup (UPS) systems are in place to keep it running

Re: [MacGroup] So do we just start a new mailing list?

2020-02-10 Thread preston....@twc.com
Same list, different server… New list, different server… Would still like to read and maybe participate. -russ preston > On Feb 10, 2020, at 2:34 PM, Ed Wiser wrote: > > So with a short time to decide. What’s everyone’s thought’s. Do we start a > new mailing list or some other form of the

Re: [MacGroup] So do we just start a new mailing list?

2020-02-10 Thread John Robinson
Ed, Can Lee turn over the list for someone else to manage, on a different server? Would that be difficult? It would need to be renamed to the new server name but the users would remain. There have been offers to act as the server but it’s going to take the list to make it go. We all need

Re: [MacGroup] So do we just start a new mailing list?

2020-02-10 Thread Richard D. Meadows
I have asked Jeff if he would be willing to host it for the MAC group. Seems a natural fit for the Apple Urgent Care place. He said to let him think about it and to get him the details of what is needed. So, Ed or whomever can you get me what exactly is needed and I will work to see if we

Re: [MacGroup] So do we just start a new mailing list?

2020-02-10 Thread Pen Helm
I vote we start a new mailing list. > On Feb 10, 2020, at 2:35 PM, tom holloman wrote: > > Any way got his group help can be continued would be great. > > On Mon, Feb 10, 2020 at 2:34 PM Ed Wiser > wrote: > So with a short time to decide. What’s everyone’s

Re: [MacGroup] So do we just start a new mailing list?

2020-02-10 Thread John Stone
I’d like to keep it if possible, if it’s cool with Lee. If it is would Lee like to continue to run the list? John On Mon, Feb 10, 2020 at 14:41 John Robinson wrote: > Ed, > > Can Lee turn over the list for someone else to manage, on a different > server? > > Would that be difficult? > > It

Re: [MacGroup] So do we just start a new mailing list?

2020-02-10 Thread tom holloman
Any way got his group help can be continued would be great. On Mon, Feb 10, 2020 at 2:34 PM Ed Wiser wrote: > So with a short time to decide. What’s everyone’s thought’s. Do we start a > new mailing list or some other form of the group? Please respond would like > to keep a Louisville Mac group

[MacGroup] So do we just start a new mailing list?

2020-02-10 Thread Ed Wiser
So with a short time to decide. What’s everyone’s thought’s. Do we start a new mailing list or some other form of the group? Please respond would like to keep a Louisville Mac group alive. Sent from my iPhone ___ MacGroup mailing list Posting