On Sat, 4 Dec 2010 18:39:16 -0000
"mal hamilton" <[email protected]> wrote:
> No problem this end all msgs are almost immediate. This reflector
> works perfectly well. If some think YAHOO is the answer let them GO.
I have to agree with Mal on this one.
A pure, old fashoined, majordomo driven email reflector is perfectly
adequate for the majority of traffic on this list.
There is no guarantee that Yahoo group messages would be any more or
less affected by delays than this majordomo list, but to move to a
web-based list would add more unnecessary chaff to each message and
require an owner/moderator and deputies.
If you want near-real time messaging for use during the type of
event that happened today then an Instant Messaging platform is
necessary. Even good old IRC would suffice.
There have been suggestions of radio-sked web-based services mentioned
here already that would be more appropriate for the passing of real-time
information.
Email (and this most certainly includes Yahoo-groups) is not the medium
for this.
Yahoo groups are well used for all manner of special interest groups,
but I don't see the advantage (and can see many disadvantages) of
moving the LF reflector there. Delays in messages is not going to be
solved by going down that route.
Just my 2pennorth
John
GM4SLV
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