[wellylug] Ditching Yahoo?

[Chris Harris]

> > > The only other possible list I can think of is the LAW one
> which was for
> > > the old Linux User Group that this group replaced and lets
> face it there
> > > would be no sense at all in using that list.
> >
> > It doesn't have Yahoo ads and the like (this list adds around *17* lines
> > to the end of each message).  It's hosted in NZ.  It had (until the
> > "aaanyooone oooouuuut theeeereee ?" message posted 20 minutes ago) zero
> > traffic for at least a year.  It already exits.  If Those Who Run It
> > don't mind, I can't see why we shouldn't use it.
>
> It's a bit creaky slow judging from the "aaanyooone oooouuuut
> theeeereee ?"
> test. 9 minutes to turn around. I'm still waiting on a 'who linux'

opps, clicked send before I finished.

got the 'who Linux' after 15 min. poor old server is probably thrashing
away. hate to think what it's like during day time.

Yahoo is a lot faster, but it did un-sub me a few weeks back when actrix had
one of their outages. a real pain getting back on. took over an hour.

If there is someone there with a DSL or cable connection, it shouldn't be to
much effort to get Majordomo or something similar going.

I preferred the style of traffic on [LAW] much more restrained. none of the
'me to' posts and properly trimmed. Some of the subscribers on this list
could benefit from a Google search on 'email list etiquette'.

Unfortunately [LAW] has restrained it's self right out of existence. My own
theory is the name 'Linux Advocates of Wellington' is to corny, to much the
zealot image.

my $0.02

C


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