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To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org, rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org
Cc: "Dave Sergeant" <dave@davesergeant.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2008 20:44:20 +0000
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Subject: RE: LF:RE: RSGB List
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Dave, John, and the list:

       This is turning into an interesting experiment on how long an e-mail reflector can survive on its own after those who set it up, maintained it etc have all moved on. It may well last until someone turns out the lights at the ISP!

> Maybe somebody from Blacksheep can enlighten us, or maybe now is the 
> time to follow those other groups and move elsewhere....

    Perhaps a new list server will allow more reasonably sized attachments, the 30K or so limit at blacksheep is a through back to the very  early days of the net and e-mail!

  

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73 Warren K2ORS
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 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "Dave Sergeant" <dave@davesergeant.com>
> On 21 Apr 2008 at 18:33, John RABSON wrote:
> 
> > I had the same difficulty in unsubscribing as Warren, last year and
> > also recently.  In the end I simply subscribed again, but quoting my
> > new e-mail address.  It means they send the same message twice, but my
> > e-mail application filters the old one quite successfully.  
> > 
> > One wonders who is minding the store?
> > 
> > You could try e-mailing RSGB but wait until next week because this
> > week they are moving offices.
> 
> I suspect the RSGB know nothing whatsoever about the workings of the 
> blacksheep servers, they do not run them. Maybe John G3WKL can help, 
> who was involved originally in setting the list up.
> 
> In fact it is not obvious who actually is in charge. If you go to 
> http://www.blacksheep.org you will find a pretty basic page, with a 
> couple of Java applets displaying 'invalid bytecode' and a number of 
> dead end links to lists which have not been hosted on Blacksheep for 
> a number of years. No mention of the LF group at all. Even the 
> prominent 'Internet Explorer' icon on the page goes to a 'not found' 
> on the MS site.
> 
> Maybe somebody from Blacksheep can enlighten us, or maybe now is the 
> time to follow those other groups and move elsewhere....
> 
> 73 Dave G3YMC
> 
> http://www.davesergeant.com
> 
>