File puptcrit/puptcrit.0704, message 142


From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Mathieu_Ren=E9?= <creaturiste-AT-magma.ca>
To: <puptcrit-AT-lists.driftline.org>
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2007 19:52:46 -0400
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Proposal to move Puptcrit - PLEASE READ


>Have you looked into Yahoo groups?  It is a free service.  You can
set it up so that you can approve members, and only allow members to
post messages.  It's got a pretty good spamming filter, too.

Susan
-------


No way!
Don't!
It's awful, it's unreliable, it's full of glitches and they keep changing 
things (visuals, organisation) so there never is a calm problem-free month! 
Just today on one group I'm a member of, we have posts cloning themselves 
many times.
Sometimes the whole system stops working.
Many posts get lost and never get published, others show up only days later, 
others show up in wrong order, causing much confusion.
Yahoo Groups may be free in money, but the cost is annoyances and 
unreliability.








----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Susan Wall Kronenberg" <susan-AT-carouselpuppets.com>
To: <puptcrit-AT-lists.driftline.org>
Sent: Friday, April 27, 2007 7:23 PM
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Proposal to move Puptcrit - PLEASE READ


> Have you looked into Yahoo groups?  It is a free service.  You can
> set it up so that you can approve members, and only allow members to
> post messages.  It's got a pretty good spamming filter, too.
>
> Susan
>
>
> At 05:09 PM 4/27/2007, you wrote:
>>Dear All,
>>
>>As you know, Puptcrit has been having a lot of trouble with various
>>ISPs blocking mail from the list's hosting company, DreamHost.  For
>>example, Puptcritters whose accounts are on AOL are unable to receive
>>mail from the list most of the time.
>>
>>I have been looking into possible remedies, and the one that seems
>>the simplest and most attractive is to move the list to a so-called
>>"virtual private server" that has its own non-shared mail system.
>>This means that mail coming from it would not be in danger of
>>blocking - since the server would "belong" to me and I don't intend
>>to do any spamming ;-).
>>
>>Apollo Hosting, a company I have had other dealings with for a number
>>of years, offers just the right Virtual Private Server plan - the
>>plan includes a private mail server and a list server.  The monthly
>>price, however, is a bit more than I can afford: about $50.
>>
>>I am thinking, though, that if each (or even the majority) of the
>>over 300 Puptcrit subscribers sent me $10, I would have sufficient
>>funds to pay for the server for several years!  So the question is:
>>Would you (each of you) be willing to donate $10 towards moving
>>Puptcrit to its a private server, so that we end the stupid blocking
>>problems that have been plaguing the list.
>>
>>Please don't respond to this question on Puptcrit, since that would
>>only clutter the list.  Instead, go to
>>
>>     http://www.driftline.org/puptcrit/poll.php
>>
>>and take the Yes/No poll that I have set up there (you don't have to
>>vote if your answer is No - unless you wish to).  There is also an
>>option of leaving a comment,  if you so desire.
>>
>>If I get enough Yes votes, I'l let you know the proposed mechanics of
>>making the donation.
>>
>>
>>Yours,
>>
>>-malgosia, Puptcrit co-moderator
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