Here is a quote from another group considering moving from yahoo that echos Nick's:
https://groups.io/ "as Yahoo provides auto e-mailing posts as an easy reminder to read them....in a collection per day." response: "...as does the groups.io <http://groups.io/> platform (in fact, with much more functionality than Yahoo). Like you, I also consider this important (push, not pull)." > Groups.ion will host this and I am willing to setup and maintain the group, > but would need > moderators to run. I feel that It would be prudent to have more than one > Owner. > > I have recently transfered my local village news service Yahoo group to > Groups.io . The > changeover went quite seamlessly and it has worked very well. Caters for all > kinds of email or > web delivery. Is easy to run and manage, like the old time Yahoo Group but > much better, and > improvements made weekly as requested, in contact with the Help and the > Development team > etc. > > The move to Groups.io would require the list of email addresses. That is it . > The archives can also be moved by a manual process. I suggest we leave the > Mail-Archive > running in perpetuity as a mirror, Plus have an internal archive for ease of > use. > > OK, > Tony Moody > > On 5 Jun 2017 at 11:30, Jason wrote about : > Subject : CS>re: Mike is Well > >> ...Mike should turn over the account to someone willing to manage it. >> >> ...or, the list should be transferred to another host before it shuts >> off one day. >> >> I don't mind running a list, there are some good free list server >> software packages that can be run from any domain. >> >> ~Jason >> >> >> On 6/5/2017 5:43 AM, Itguy wrote: >> >> > Unfortunately I cannot offer any further assistance. >> > >> > Mike doesn't have any willingness to manage the list any longer. After >> > I explained to him the concerns from list members and the need for him >> > to admin the list he said for now he will keep paying the bills but >> > can't many any further promises. I told him I would advise that he >> > simply delete his entire inbox at his email address and start anew. >> > He's too far behind to even attempt to parse through what may amount >> > to multiple thousands of emails after many years of neglect. Then once >> > deleted he can 'keep up' by checking his list and inbox a couple of >> > times a week... >> > >> > It's been nearly 2 weeks since I made my wellness trip to his home and >> > he hasn't checked his email to cleaned out the box, it's still filled >> > up. I don't think he took my advice. Mike uses Gmail now but didn't >> > provide me with that address so I have no way to reach him other than >> > his cell phone number. (should he answer) To be honest, I suspect Mike >> > isn't even involved with CS any longer. >> > >> > All I can say at this point is there isn't anything you can do about >> > this list other than to let it deprecate and possibly manually move >> > people to a new list. Sorry I cannot be of further help. >> > >> > -- >> > Itguy >> > it...@fastmail.com >> >> >> -- >> The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. >> Rules and Instructions: http://www.silverlist.org >> >> Unsubscribe: >> <mailto:silver-list-requ...@eskimo.com?subject=unsubscribe> >> Archives: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/silver-list@eskimo.com/maillist.html >> >> Off-Topic discussions: <mailto:silver-off-topic-l...@eskimo.com> >> List Owner: Mike Devour <mailto:mdev...@eskimo.com> >> >> > > >
