[Peugeot-L] Re: What are the plans if yahoogroups should ever go away?
- In peugeot-L@yahoogroups.com, Charles Lincoln
<charlie.lincoln@...> wrote:
>
> On 02/05/2008 6:57 AM, "alan 505" <alan5o5@...> wrote:
> >
> > Just for the record there is nothing stated by Yahoo concerning
YahooGroups,
> > but they have re-aligned several of their product lines over the
past few
> > years and the marriage proposal by Microsoft has me wondering what
will
> > receive the axe.
> >
> > So in the spirit of keeping our list and cars running I think this
should be
> > discussed just in case MicroHoo or whatever they will call
themselves kills
> > Yahoogroups.
> > (Just like how all French car owners keep a NOS alternator in the
trunk for a
> > rainey day.... ;-) )
> >
> > Ideas?
> >
>
>
> My first idea is for Jim Lill to total his Volvo (non injury
incident) so we
> can help him back to the fold. Until today, I haven't been there
recently,
> but I now note the the archives are no longer on line
> <http://www.vectorbd.com/peugeot/>. But, thank you, Jim for
keeping them
> as long as you did.
>
> Is google groups an alternative? Visiting their site, it looks like
you can
> set up a private group, but it looks like a front end to what we used to
> know as "newsgroups".
>
> However, given the advertising we are getting -- the above quote
section has
> about 92% of the received message text deleted -- I doubt if
Microsoft or
> any other acquirer of Yahoo would axe groups.
>
> Reminiscing: the earlier days when we didn't have to put up with
spam; we
> virtually knew each other (I seem to recall at the beginning
messages could
> be months apart in frequency); or even further back, we just barged
ahead
> and did something in a few hours instead spending even more hours
asking how
> to do it. (yeah, that had it's repercussions too.)
>
> I'll sign off before slipping into rant mode.
>
> - Charlie
> (3 Peugeots, no spares in the trunk, and the AAA card has only had to be
> used twice in the last 3 years and that was for the the 1997 BMW)
>
There exists a site, websitetoolbox.com, which seems to be viable
should the move become necessary. The backhaul group has gone there
enthusiastically. I don't expect it to occur but ...
Received on Wed Feb 6 07:50:31 2008
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