[sdiy] BACK ONLINE - FUTURE

[rsdio at audiobanshee.com]

On Aug 26, 2016, at 5:25 PM, wot wot <synth-diy at dadacafe.org> wrote:
> On 27.08.2016 00:12, rsdio at audiobanshee.com wrote:
>> Considering the fact that mailman is so ubiquitous, and it poses
>> no restrictions on who can sign up or what kind of email hosting
>> they have, I don't see any reason to bow to the viral
>> Google/Yahoo style of operations.
> 
> i fully agree. given the timeframe of 21 years, this looks like a
> solution that might outlast currently hyped services.
> 
>> So, thanks for running the list, Rick, and I hope you can migrate
>> the existing mailman setup to a new host. Preferably, the
>> xs4all.nl domain would remain the same. 
> 
> i believe this would make the transition easiest for everyone.

Agreed (of course), but there is a possible hitch: Because dropmix.xs4all.nl is a subdomain of xs4all.nl, then it probably isn't possible to host that domain anywhere outside xs4all.nl without an extreme exception. I get the impression that xs4all is not going to be antagonistic.

I do have one question: It appears that synth-diy is already hosted at xs4all, so what would it mean to move it to xs4all? Is dropmix a private host that's separate from any xs4all mailing list services? If so, then would a move necessitate a slight domain name change?

I'm asking because Rick seemed to imply that he was hosting the list on a server located at his residence (and that was subject to go away soon), rather than on a server that is co-located at a facility that's not likely to move.

Brian

p.s. Sorry for all of the nerdy sysadmin talk. I know far more about synth electronics than internet services.