Rusty and Dave, Dave knows I am a low tech computer person -geez, I sail a fat sailboat for giggles - stick and stone technology is my forte. I don't know if I need to know wtf a 'groups io' site is? If I am doing something incorrectly please advise. Thanks, Gary O -----Original Message----- From: Dave Scobie <scoobscobie@gmail.com> To: Rusty Knorr <rustyinafrica@yahoo.com>; For and about Montgomery Sailboats <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Tue, Dec 31, 2019 2:19 pm Subject: Re: M_Boats: group.io migration? Rusty and others: Groups.io does essentially the same service as what we currently have through mailman software on xmission. the groups.io interface is nicer when visiting the groups www-site.. i don't know how much data (ie archives size) the email group has. over 1GB means minimum charge of $220/year for storage on groups.io. migrating the members is a challenge. my experience is a group hostingand/or software change results in significant loss in group membership - like 85-90% for the i've taken part in a 'move'!!! i also hate the idea of loosing the archives (though the recent data isn't currently being saved as I understand, only the really old stuff has been retained). i don't know if groups.io can transition anything in the mailman database. based on the yahoo.groups changes these last few months at minimum the charge will be $220. the list isn't heavily used. the participation rate has really fallen off since about 2014/15. most of the activity is on the group site on Facebook (link - https://www.facebook.com/groups/330782353662726/ ) thoughts from the members? :: Dave Scobie :: SV SWALLOW - https://sv-swallow.com :: Montgomery 6'8" #650 :: Truck camper - https://truckpopupcamper.wordpress.com/ :: Ramblings - https://scoobsramblings.wordpress.com/ :: former M17 owner #375 SWEET PEA - https://m17-375.com/ <http://www.m17-375.webs.com/> :: former M15 owner #288 - http://www.freewebs.com/m15-name-scred On Tue, Dec 31, 2019 at 11:06 AM Rusty Knorr via montgomery_boats < montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> wrote:
You should be using the groups io site instead of this!
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