[DM-MUG] Server Upgrade - Mailing list situation

[Ray Bowler]

If they continue to be willing to host the list I don't see any reason to migrate.

Ray

On Sep 27, 2010, at Sep 27, 20104:10 PM, Bryan Baker wrote:

> In the past disruption time has been pretty minimal.
> I just ran into that with a new group I created for work. I may have a  
> side-chat with the person.
> 
> On Sep 27, 2010, at 2:47 PM, Matthew Nuzum wrote:
>> I've tried moving people to Google Groups and it can be quite a
>> challenge. Many people don't realize that they can have a Google
>> Account without having a gmail address. Therefore they sign up for a
>> gmail address and then don't check it.
>> 
>> Since this is a low-traffic mailing list, I'd suggest sticking it out
>> unless the mailing list migration is going to be quite long.
>> 
>> On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 2:25 PM, Ray Bowler <rbowler at mchsi.com> wrote:
>>> Thanks for the warning. Would there be an advantage to moving to  
>>> Yahoo or Google?
>>> 
>>> The disruption shouldn't bother too much. The traffic is pretty low.
>>> 
>>> Ray
>>> 
>>> On Sep 27, 2010, at Sep 27, 20102:08 PM, Bryan Baker wrote:
>>> 
>>>> I've been contacted by the CIALUG admin team (CIALUG hosts our  
>>>> mailing
>>>> list, and at least at one time hosted our website, not sure about  
>>>> that
>>>> part now).
>>>> 
>>>> They are in the process of upgrading servers and contacted me to  
>>>> warn
>>>> of possible disruption and mention that we essentially have 2  
>>>> choices:
>>>> 
>>>> 1. Migrate our list to another site (Google, Yahoo, etc)
>>>> 2. Be patient and understanding during the upgrade process.
>>>> 
>>>> They've been good free hosting providers, and this isn't the first
>>>> time the server's been upgraded and the list has faced disruptions
>>>> from that. I'm willing to help with DNS issues, etc, but it's also
>>>> possible people will want to opt for the migration option.
>>>> 
>>>> Just a go-between here, not overly active in either group atm.
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>>> 
>>> Ray Bowler
>>> rbowler at mchsi.com
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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>> 
>> 
>> 
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Ray Bowler
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