[A6] New host?!?

[Chad Gould]

On 15 Aug 2004 at 3:47, UnderTow wrote:
> On Sat, 14 Aug 2004, Chad Gould wrote:
> > On 14 Aug 2004 at 4:57, UnderTow wrote:
> > > On Fri, 13 Aug 2004, David Evans wrote:
> > > >   I'd like to avoid something like Yahoo Groups; I think we can, too.
> > > Why are you against Yahoo groups? I prefer an independant setup myself but
> > > if that isn't possible, Yahoo groups seems like a good alternative. It
> > > gives both email, like the current setup, and a web interface so people
> > > can choose the way they view the messages. It also gives a file archive, a
> > > database system and archiving.
> > Which don't work all the time very well.
> > And leaves you subject to SPAM as Michael said.
> See my other post to the list.

Moderating entrants would solve the problem of robots going in and grabbing 
information from the members database. The problem really isn't Yahoo's fault, it's 
the damn robots. Mailing lists like Yahoo are a good target.

I've seen Yahoo groups at any rate go strictly to moderated posts with a restricted 
user database because of the SPAM bots.

It's a valid alternative with an active moderator. :)