Folks, I am on a number of Yahoo lists and they only stay spam free if they are managed properly. That is new members posts MUST be moderated. I also have not managed to get rid of the yukky HTML mail that new lists seem to generate. I have also left some lists because of the spam from un-moderated lists,
Dave G4UGM Illegitimi Non Carborundum ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Curtis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'winrad discussion list'" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2008 12:26 AM Subject: Re: [Winrad] Problems with this list >I vote for a move to Yahoo. It has proven to be mostly spam free in the > past years that I have been a group member on it. > Plus, we will get a searchable archive of all posts as well as some file > space to share files. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf > Of Alberto I2PHD > Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 10:53 AM > To: winrad discussion list > Subject: [Winrad] Problems with this list > > Since some days there is a constant flow of administrative messages > announcing bounces and the consequent unsubscribe > from this list of the addresses responsible for the bounces. But checking > with the administrative interface, often the > unsubscribe has not taken place. > > Probably somewhere some ISP did put the address of this list in some black > lists as spam originator, which obviously is > not true. This has already happened in the past, it was fixed not without > some efforts by Jeffrey WA6KBL, and it is > likely to happen again in the future. > > I am wondering if it would not be better to move this list to Yahoo. Yahoo > is seen by some as the evil, as in the past > it was a big generator of spam. But that is a thing of the past. They took > some good measures against that, and now, if > the list is responsibly administered, one can be sure of receiving > absolutely no spam. And I can tell this from the > experience I have being the group administrator of three other lists on > Yahoo. > > Besides that, Yahoo offers other possibilities, like optional HTML > messages > (if you are paranoid and hate HTML, you can > always choose to receive plain text messages) where pictures and diagrams > can be shown, good archives, a File and Photos > sections, etc. About HTML, many think that it is a vehicle of viruses. > Well, > I am on Internet since more than 15 years, > and exchange daily HTML messages with my correspondents, and I still have > to > catch my first virus... it takes just a bit > of caution, a good anti-virus, and mainly to absolutely not use Outlook > Express nor Internet Explorer. I am a happy user > of Firefox and Thunderbird, and, as said, viruses are not a problem for > me. > > All of the above just to ask your opinion about a move of this list to > Yahoo, where I already have a list named Winrad, > which was put on hold when moving here, to this Mailman-managed group. > > If the majority will agree, I suggest that all the subscribers to this > list > will be moved automatically to the Yahoo > list, unless they express a negative will. > > I have been myself unsubscribed from this list due to bounces, and I am a > bit fed up with all its vagaries. I have never > had problems with the three Yahoo list which I administer, nor with the > other 42 of which I am member. > > Waiting for your opinions, thanks > > 73 Alberto I2PHD > > > > _______________________________________________ > Winrad mailing list > [email protected] > http://winrad.org/mailman/listinfo/winrad_winrad.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > Winrad mailing list > [email protected] > http://winrad.org/mailman/listinfo/winrad_winrad.org > _______________________________________________ Winrad mailing list [email protected] http://winrad.org/mailman/listinfo/winrad_winrad.org
