[ppig-discuss] Google Groups vs. Yahoo Groups

2015-04-01 Thread Paola Kathuria
Google Groups vs. Yahoo vs. ? What do you use to run mailing lists? When PPIG first started, we used majordomo. In replacing the PPIG site last month, the mailing lists moved to a new location too. I thought that using Google Groups would be a good idea because my local Toastmasters club uses

Re: [ppig-discuss] Google Groups vs. Yahoo Groups

2015-04-01 Thread Stumpf, Simone
Hi Paola, We use mailman but that requires a server installation. Similarly there is listserv which for example. However, you could look in to Jiscmail (https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/) which runs email groups for research and education. Regards Simone -- Dr Simone Stumpf Senior Lecturer, Cours

Re: [ppig-discuss] Google Groups vs. Yahoo Groups

2015-04-01 Thread Derek M Jones
Paola, If any of you have used Google Groups and Yahoo Groups, is one better? Or is there an even better solution out there? My experience is that Yahoo groups much better. Google want to track your interests so they can more effectively target their ads. The ads might be a small price to p

Re: [ppig-discuss] Google Groups vs. Yahoo Groups

2015-04-01 Thread Thomas Green
I’ve been running a Google group for around 10 years, and it has slowly got less good. Paola’s list of problems states it well. OTOH it does a reasonable job of noticing bounces, unlike several others I’ve tried. Does anyone have direct experience of Jiscmail? Might be a good alternative - tha

Re: [ppig-discuss] Google Groups vs. Yahoo Groups

2015-04-01 Thread Paola Kathuria
On 1 Apr 2015, at 16:31, Thomas Green wrote: > I’ve been running a Google group for around 10 years, and it has slowly got > less good. Paola’s list of problems states it well. OTOH it does a > reasonable job of noticing bounces, unlike several others I’ve tried. According to the Google Groups