[R-390] EMail List Forum stay at QTH.net or move to Groups.io

[Larry H]

Jerry,  Thank you very much for bringing Groups.IO to our attention.  I
read about it a little and played around with it and the search facility a
little, also.  The search facility is quite good and fast.  The default
search box that is displayed most of the time in the upper right accepts
boolean operators and the default for entering more than one word is AND.
And, it searches the title and text of the entries by default, so is
very comprehensive.  The search by author is not real clean but can be done.

I can't spend any more time on it right now, but do have some questions for
clarification.  It sounds like the existing list archive cannot be migrated
forward to the Groups.IO environment.  Is that true?  If not, can the file
you are suggesting to make go back to our current archive beginning around
1998, instead of 2002?  Could I install it and a search tool on our r-390a
website?  Would this be the right thing to do?

Thanks you.

Regards, Larry

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On Mon, Nov 7, 2022 at 1:47 PM <k1jos at att.net> wrote:

> Hello R-390 Groupmates,
>
> Several years ago, Don W5OR (SK) asked me to share administrator
> responsibilities with him to manage the R390 mail list server (
> http://mailman.qthnet/mailman/listinfo/r-390).
>
> This mailing list is an essential complement to the www.R-390a.net <
> http://www.R-390a.net>  website that Larry took responsibility since
> Al WA0HQQ (SK) passed.   While the R-390 mail list has over 20 years
> of archived messages, the archives are not user-friendly searchable.
>
> I would like to hear feedback from you whether the list should move to
> a more feature-packed mailing list such as Groups.io?  Groups.io
> allows fille/picture attachments and keyword logic searches on archived
> messages. The annual cost would be about $350 which I am willing to take on
> while hoping that some of you will contribute a few $/year to help defray
> the cost.
>
> Regardless of whether we stay with the current list server or move in
> 2023, I am working on compiling a single email archive file, structured by
> thread titles for 2002-2022, that can be easily searched by keyword logic.
> I believe I can then broadcast it to all subscribers to download for
> their home use.
>
> Looking forward to hearing your opinions,
>
> Best regards,
>


> Jerry NY2KW (ex-K1JOS)
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