I wouldn't resist, but I'm not enthusiastic. What we have mostly works. I'd hate to lose any member of the community by moving. Also we have control. I have a Google account but I swear at them every time they change the email interface. Who knows if they might move Google Groups to Google+?
On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 2:36 PM, Mike Orr <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 1:11 PM, bass <[email protected]> wrote: > >> For mail, have you considered switching to say, Google Groups, so you >> don't have to worry about issues like disk space? >> > > We have considered it in the past and it's still a possibility. The main > issues are: > > - How many people don't have Google accounts? > - How many people are resistant to getting a Google account? > - Can we expect everybody to resubscribe without people falling through > the cracks? > - Is it possible to bulk-add the subscriber list? If so, is it ethical to > do so? > - Should we purge the subscriber list anyway because it probably has > out-of-date cruft going back ten years? > - How can we keep in touch and announce the next meeting if the migration > fails or people fall through the cracks? > - Are there any non-Google list services we should consider, especially > any that don't practice Total Information Awareness and Ever-Creeping > Marketing? > - Are there any SeaPIG members who have a reliable mail server running and > would like to take this on? > > When I've suggested Google Groups in the past, enthusiasm was mediocre and > resistance was present. How do people feel about it now? It would be nice > to get out of the burden of running Mailman and having it be a > must-reliable whenever I upgrade the server. > > > > -- Some radio waves were modulated in the creation of this email.
