Re: New home for list needed.
Hi Loris, that makes two dislocated backups then ;) I'm doing the same now -k On 11 nov 2009, at 11:29, Loris Medici wrote: > BTW, about the list archives; I'll try to download the archives to my local > HD using a web ripper tool. (Both the old and new ones.) We'll just need > some place to host then (and register the site to several seach engines) in > order to let them stay functional. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Loris Medici [mailto:mail@loris.medici.name] > Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 12:25 PM > To: 'alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca' > Subject: RE: New home for list needed. > > Huib, first, thanks much for the offer. I think this list should be placed > on Google Groups or Yahoo Groups, both of these offer high volume and > (virtualyl) 100% redundancy. They offer a web interface with file / photo > sharing, very effective search tools and what not... They also both support > web and good old mail interface. > > My preference would be Google Groups... > > Regards, > Loris. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Huib Smeets [mailto:huib@huibsmeets.com] > Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 11:53 AM > To: alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca > Subject: Re: New home for list needed. > > ... > > A new home: as some already coined: yahoo or any other service could be an > option. > > Otherwise: I have a unix server (FreeBSD) running at home, it hosts a > friends and mine website. It would, technically speaking, be no big deal to > install and setup majordomo as listserver. > > Depends only a bit on the traffic generated as I have a consumer ADSL > (20/1.5 mbps) link, the hardware is not redundant and could be down due to > power outages, my ISP has a fair use policy on amount of data send/receive > (way up somewhere in the Gigabytes/Month) > > Can you disclose the number of subscribers, just the number, I could do some > calc's if it fits within the limitations I have. >
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