11 Sep
2017
11 Sep
'17
11:31 p.m.
Not been on the group for a long time, will follow where the river goes, but group.io is a
nice place, I use it for a few group and it works well. I also like Facebook, but that is
another story.
73 VE2PF
Envoyé de mon iPad
> Le 11 sept. 2017 à 19:30, Brian <n1uro(a)n1uro.ampr.org> a écrit :
>
> +many!
>
> On Mon, 2017-09-11 at 21:16 +0200, Rob Janssen wrote:
>>> One of the features I like about groups.io
>
> IMHO, SMTP on a web gui is still email... </if it's not broke dept>
> All too often I see "new apps" taking existing and established
> techonologies and simply changing their appearances and calling them
> "new".
>
>> When we can no longer run our own services we might as well abandon
>> the entire AMPRNet...
>
> That was always one of the good things that amprnet did - as was
> discussed earlier (usenet/nntp for example) was something created by BK
> and if I'm not mistaken it's still the primary forwarding system for
> W0RLI's snos. In fact, many guys still run a variant of xNOS and we all
> know the age of nos!
>
> If there's a technical issue with the mailman system or if it's getting
> punted by UCSD, I can understand a temporary move of sorts while things
> get sorted out. A few days of no 44-net mail wouldn't be the end of the
> world either while repairs are done. Of course, backups are key as well.
>
> If we start to move services out of our direct physical control, what
> would happen if 44/8's control was moved to an outside entity not
> involved with amateur radio? I would think that'd be the beginning of
> the end of amprnet as we know it to parallel what Rob said. <$.02>
>
> --
> Deja-Moo: The feeling that you've heard this bull before.
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