[R-390] Survey to Consider Moving R-390 Mail List to Groups.IO

[Bill]

All is available on mailman. I run a mailman list and it allows 
attachments and photos... simply by changing some settings...extend size 
allowances etc...
Bill W2CQ



On 7/5/2026 3:12 PM, Jim Whartenby via R-390 wrote:
> Jerry
> I understand your position, you are being more then fair.
>
> Mailman is finicky in that it does not like to maintain the format I used when I post.  I use DuckDuckGo but this might be happening with anything other then ASCII since Mailman is quite old, it was released in 1999.  I can defeat the formatting issue by doing a double line return but I often forget that I'm posting to a Mailman server.
>
> I doubt that anyone on this list is still using dial-up or are bandwidth limited so it would be nice to allow attachments and whatever else that would make posting here much easier and informative.
> Thoughts?
>
> Jim
> Logic is a systematic method of coming to the wrong conclusion with confidence.  Murphy
>
>      On Sunday, July 5, 2026 at 09:08:21 AM CDT, JOS K1JOS via R-390<r-390 at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
>
>   Happy 250th Year Celebration of our Independence Day!  Hope you all had a
> great day.  My family was headed to West Point yesterday  for the annual
> fireworks but T-storms wiped that out.
>
>   
>
> It's been a bit more than 2 weeks after my initial mail went out to the
> group.  Among 500+ members, I received only 53 replies.  While 90% were
> favorable to moving to Groups.IO, many of these replies sounded like it made
> no difference if we stayed or moved.  Given the very small overall turnout,
> I do not feel comfortable taking this decision, so the mail server will
> remain as is.  I hope those who requested the move will understand my
> actions.
>
>   
>
> Thanks to all who replied and thanks for letting me take up the bandwidth.
>
>   
>
> Jerry NY2KW
>
>   
>
> From: JOS K1JOS<k1jos at att.net> 
> Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2026 7:34 PM
> To: 'R-390 at mailman.qth.net'<R-390 at mailman.qth.net>; 'k1jos at att.net'
> <k1jos at att.net>
> Subject: Survey to Consider Moving R-390 Mail List to Groups.IO
>
>   
>
> There has been a proposal to move our mailing list to Groups.io due to
> inconsistent mail/digest deliveries.  Groups.io has a very user friendly
> interface, will send you email updates or digests plus it has a robust
> searchable archive of messages and files.  The hosting fee is ~ $250/year.
> If we can establish a minimum interest among the current 500+
> r-390 at milman.qth.net <mailto:r-390 at milman.qth.net>  members we can move
> forward.
>
>   
>
> All comments, suggestions, criticisms, etc are welcome.
>
>   
>
> Those who have already responded under the previous 'TEST' subject header
> need not reply again.
>
>   
>
> Link to Groups.io :https://groups.io/
>
>   
>
> Thanks to all !
>
>   
>
> Jerry NY2KW (K1JOS) R-390 mail list administrator
>
>   
>
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