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 &lt;n1uro(a)n1uro.ampr.org&gt; 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. > -------- > 73 de Brian - N1URO/AFT1BR, > President - EastNet Packet Network > https://www.eastnetpacket.org > email: (see above) > Web: http://www.n1uro.net/ > Ampr1: http://n1uro.ampr.org/ > Ampr2: http://nos.n1uro.ampr.org > Linux Amateur Radio Services > axMail-Fax & URONode > http://uronode.sourceforge.net > http://axmail.sourceforge.net > AmprNet coordinator for: > Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, > Maryland, Massachusetts, > New Hampshire, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, > Rhode Island, and Vermont. >