[IHPVA-board-formal] google groups

[Marcel van Eijk]

On Sun, Jun 08, 2008 at 08:41:15AM -0700, Brian Wilson wrote:
> I am thinking of moving the remaining 2 mailing lists
> (ihpva-board-formal and ihpva) too Google Groups. Does anyone here
> object? The advantage for me is that I won't have to try to set up
> full spam filtering on the current IHPVA server, and spam passing
> through that system is currently torrential.

I object, partly because of the reasons mentioned below. Furthermore, we
have less control over the possibilities of the mailing lists.
 
> I would move the IHPVA list over by invitation (the current members
> would receive an invitation to join so they can decide if they want
> to). I would move the IHPVA-board-formal subscription list as-is (no
> invitation) which is why I am asking for your permission this way.
> 
> One or two people on the other former IHPVA lists objected which is
> why they moved to BikeList.org instead of Google Groups.
> 
> The objection is based on the fact that you pretty much get railroaded
> into having a Google account to use Google Groups and some people are
> afraid that Google is watching them.

If needed, I can offer to host the two list at our provider, using
mailman including greylisting and spam control.

/Marcel
NVHPV 

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