Re: [CR] Change in hosting for Classic Rendezvous email list

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From: "Doug Van Cleve" <dvancleve@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2011 13:31:52 -0700
To: oroboyz@aol.com
Cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR] Change in hosting for Classic Rendezvous email list


Howdy folks.

The RBW email list is hosted on Google Groups and it seems to work fine. There are archives on the web page that goes with the list (I just double checked), and you can pick a digest format in the settings, so those two things won't be much different...

Doug Van Cleve Chandler, AZ USA

On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 10:16 AM, <oroboyz@aol.com> wrote:
> Hi folks:
>
>
> As many of you know, our email list has been a very kind service provided
> by Alex Wetmore, a private person (vs a company) who just happens to be a
> cycling enthusiast. He is tiring of the extra attention and problems this
> has entailed as his many lists (Framebuilders, Touring, etc.) have grown.
>
>
> So, we will migrate this list to Google lists in the near future. I will
> send out an invitation to all old members; no one will be automatically
> added.
>
>
> This is good in that this is a large & stable service. Bad in that we will
> see Google ads, lose the Digest version, and I am not sure about archives
> (do they exist for Google groups?) In fact, I am not familiar with this
> Google service from an admin aspect, I have heard there are issues with
> spamming etc., but we will just have to work through it all.
>
>
> I suspect having no digest, we will lose a few members. C'est la vie, I'm
> afraid; there is no better option I am aware of...
>
>
> Dale Brown
> Greensboro, North Carolina USA
> http://www.classicrendezvous.com