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Re: lv-ab: The list was down Saturday to Thursday.

From: Letsgosailing (no email)
Date: Thu Sep 06 2007 - 20:03:29 EDT

  • Next message: Lew Hodgett: "Re: lv-ab: The list was down Saturday to Thursday."

    I will second that...
    Yanni Marinated
    S/V Princess Thalia
    Hamilton-Fifty Point @H3
    www.yannismarine.ca
    ----- Original Message -----
    From: "Bob Clinkenbeard" <>
    To: <>
    Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2007 6:40 PM
    Subject: Re: lv-ab: The list was down Saturday to Thursday.

    >I would be one of the ones to drop membership if this list goes to Yahoo.
    > I voted for Sam a couple of years ago? when you, Stephan wanted to turn
    > over
    > the list to someone else.
    > My vote still stands.
    > My appreciation and gratitude goes to Stephan for this excellent list you
    > created and maintained at your expense over the years. Thank you. Please
    > don't allow the list to dismantle because of unwanted ads and spam from
    > Yahoo.
    > Respectfully,
    >
    > Bob Clinkenbeard
    > 24' custom trailer trawler
    > http://home.bellsouth.net/p/PWP-aboardbobbinalong
    >
    >
    >
    > As offered in the past, my brother and I (both on the list) have the
    > capability to host a list-serv very similar to the current list. If you
    > all would be interested, we would be glad to take it over. Although
    > Yahoo seems like a viable option, I personally hate advertisements, I
    > think requiring a yahoo address and signup will cause us to lose
    > subscribers, and I don't think it is plain text (more bandwidth required
    > for cruisers). So unless yahoo groups has changed since I last tried it
    > and hated it, I would vote for keeping a plain text list such as it is
    > today. Just my opinion, I could be wrong.
    >
    > Sam
    >
    >
    > p.s. Vern, are you still up for this?
    >
    >
    >
    >
    > Stefan Mochnacki wrote:
    >> Dear Live-Aboards,
    >>
    >> My old server "crux" went belly-up on Saturday and I have fixed it
    >> only today, Thursday. Hence, some postings will have been bounced (if
    >> they
    >> don't appear within the next few hours). Very soon, it will be replaced,
    >> but I think the list needs to be moved to a better home than the one it
    >> has
    >> occupied for the last 14.5 years (it more or less pre-dates the Web),
    >> especially since I'm shortly going to Vienna on sabbatical. I think Yahoo
    >> Groups may be the place; a cousin of mine has had a list there for about
    >> ten
    >> years.
    >>
    >> Stefan
    >
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