Return-Path: Received: from mtain-dg02.r1000.mx.aol.com (mtain-dg02.r1000.mx.aol.com [172.29.65.10]) by air-db04.mail.aol.com (v127_r1.1) with ESMTP id MAILINDB043-86464b934cb7341; Sun, 07 Mar 2010 01:50:31 -0500 Received: from post.thorcom.com (post.thorcom.com [193.82.116.20]) by mtain-dg02.r1000.mx.aol.com (Internet Inbound) with ESMTP id 8E4313800009D; Sun, 7 Mar 2010 01:50:30 -0500 (EST) Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.14) id 1NoAIK-0003s5-Jp for rs_out_1@blacksheep.org; Sun, 07 Mar 2010 06:48:56 +0000 Received: from [193.82.116.32] (helo=relay1.thorcom.net) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 1NoAIK-0003rw-4o for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Sun, 07 Mar 2010 06:48:56 +0000 Received: from parrot.netcom.co.uk ([217.72.171.49]) by relay1.thorcom.net with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1NoAII-00024g-IL for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Sun, 07 Mar 2010 06:48:56 +0000 Received: from abelian.netcom.co.uk (i-194-106-52-83.freedom2surf.net [194.106.52.83]) by parrot.netcom.co.uk (Postfix) with ESMTP id 18F12327890 for ; Sun, 7 Mar 2010 06:46:26 +0000 (GMT) Received: from [127.0.0.1] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by abelian.netcom.co.uk (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id o276mlSY008247 for ; Sun, 7 Mar 2010 06:48:47 GMT Message-ID: <4B934C4F.3010307@abelian.org> Date: Sun, 07 Mar 2010 06:48:47 +0000 From: Paul Nicholson User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (X11/20080421) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org References: <9afca2641003061120o7d50442ax1348688d91fa3c04@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <9afca2641003061120o7d50442ax1348688d91fa3c04@mail.gmail.com> X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) X-Spam-Report: autolearn=disabled,none Subject: Re: LF: Why is this group not a Yahoo group with archives and web access? Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on post.thorcom.com X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.9 required=5.0 tests=FROM_ENDS_IN_NUMS autolearn=no version=2.63 X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes Sender: owner-rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group X-SA-Exim-Rcpt-To: rs_out_1@blacksheep.org X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No; SAEximRunCond expanded to false x-aol-global-disposition: G x-aol-sid: 3039ac1d410a4b934cb66753 X-AOL-IP: 193.82.116.20 X-Mailer: Unknown (No Version) Roger Lapthorn wrote: > it would be much better if it was a Yahoo Group. It can often take a long time - several hours, for a message to come through a Yahoo group. Useless for activity alerts. Sometimes messages are lost completely, or appear in the group archives but are not received by email. > All messages are archived and can be searched easily, even > years later Maybe, so long as Yahoo continue the service. There's nothing to stop them pulling the plug on a group - or all groups for that matter, if business policy changes. One of the nice things about joining the LF list is to find a simple no-nonsense email reflector with a short reliable round-trip time - so refreshing compared with the Yahoo monster clunky too-full-of-features unreliable group server. -- Paul Nicholson --