Re: New home for list needed.
Tom, All, Going very offtopic: Fixed IP: in theory: no, the ISP doesn't say so but it is the same now for multiple years. In the case the IP would change: my router is able (and configured) to update the DNS records in the DNS servers I use to link domain and ip to each other. Huib Op Wo, 11 november, 2009 12:22, schreef Tomas Sobota: > Huib (and everybody), > > I also have a FreeBSD server running at home (FreeBSD rules!) but I don't > have a fixed IP address, do you? > Anyway I think that a large mailgroup management organization like Google > Groups or Yahoo Groups would be better. > I don't have experience with Google Groups, only with Yahoo and this is > not > very positive. The moment somebody posts a nude for the site gallery, the > Yahoo prudes put the whole site in a "Adults" category, which makes the > login to the site more difficult and makes you feel like you're furtively > visiting some porno site :-) In short, I'd rather not be on Yahoo Groups. > Tom > > On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 11:43 AM, Loris Medici > <mail@loris.medici.name>wrote: > >> Well, I was planning to do that in the evening (at home); the ripper >> program >> I found isn't compatibe with the proxy server at work... Will do a >> personal >> backup anyway. >> >> Regards, >> Loris. >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Kees Brandenburg [mailto:ctb@zeelandnet.nl] >> Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 12:38 PM >> To: alt-photo-process-l@usask.ca >> Subject: 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. >> >> >
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