Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2018 18:28:13 +0000 (UTC)
From: M0FMT <m0fmt@yahoo.co.uk>
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IMHO it was a bonkers move to Yahoo anyway. 73 petefmt


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On Sun, 14/10/18, Tony Baldwin <ei8jk@topmail.ie> wrote:

 Subject: Re: LF: leaving Yahoo??
 To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org
 Date: Sunday, 14 October, 2018, 17:31
 
 Please do Alan, as soon as possible.
 Yahoo are too focussed on money
 grabbing .. eg, Google Maps on WSPR.
 Sorry, I know you said respond  if you
 DON'T want to move, but I wanted 
 to comment anyway.
 Tony, EI8JK
 
 
 On 14/10/2018 17:22, Alan Melia wrote:
 > Hello all I am considering
 transering the Yahoo Group  to groups.io. 
 > which has none of the problems
 that yahoo has built into their system 
 > and many radio groups have
 transfered, I am wondering if this move 
 > would encourage those who objected
 to moving to Yahoo initially would 
 > join us and benefit from the
 archive that will build there. I would 
 > like to revert to the situation
 where we operate just one LF Group. 
 > The blacksheep server is very old
 now and whilst it has been almost 
 > miraculously reliable, this may
 not necessarily continue. Even so some 
 > have found it difficult to join
 and some are unable to post.
 >
 > The advantage to the
 ''adninistrators'' would be to gain control and 
 > have a server that has responsive
 support unlike Yahoo. Groups.io also 
 > has the facility to set up sub
 groups  so that VLF could for instance 
 > be in a subgroup, likewise wspr, 
 EbNaut, Opera, if required.
 >> From he Yahoo group we lose
 the necessity of having a Yahoo email 
 >> address to 
 > access the web site, and the
 adverts that get in the way. And the 
 > occasional bursts of duplicate
 messages and delayed posts.
 >
 > Please respond to me if you would
 NOT want to join groups.io
 >
 > Alan
 > G3NYK
 >
 >
 >