From: Martin List-Petersen (martin_at_list-petersen.dk)
Date: Mon 03 Feb 2003 - 20:10:39 GMT
On Mon, 2003-02-03 at 19:48, Herbert Poetzl wrote:
[snip]
> > I'm going to take a stab here and say, ``pretty few in-favour''.
>
> "Things That Go Up And Down On A Rhythmic Basis" (Jun 13,1999)
> [http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=19990613]
>
> I would add Jacques pages/mailing list without hesitating,
> but, damn I hate those YaHoo groups ... 8-)
>
> so my vote goes to Jacques *G*, so keep up the -good- work!
>
> > > Surely this would be less work for Jaques to manage, and probably be
> > > more reliable in the end.
> >
> > On the other hand. How do you rate your chances of being able to get it
> > *fixed*, when it *did* go wrong. Think big, faceless company here.
>
> yup!
>
agree
> > The classic one I always hear about is when the ``maintainer'' disappears
> > and nobody can authorise new members, or recover the membership list; and
> > they have to start again. (I now host half-a-dozen lists that were formerly
> > Yahoo/Smartgroups).
>
> yup!
agree
> > > I've tried mailing Jaques, but his mail recently bounced also.
> >
> > It is a little unfortunate that there isn't an MX-backup for
> > `solucorp.qc.ca'; perhaps you could try re-sending it or altering
> > your MTA configuration so that it doesn't give up after one go.
>
> It should not be a problem to setup a backup mailserver
> somewhere, I think many people (including myself) are more
> than willing to do something like this (hint!)
>
anytime ... if needed.
-- Regards, Martin List-Petersen martin at list-petersen dot dk -- An avocado-tone refrigerator would look good on your resume.