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Various things came up of course in this discussion. <br>
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I'd prefer synth-diy to keep running under MailMan. Not just for
the (re)distribution of mails, but also for the archives. XS4ALL
does have MailMan.<br>
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I don't feel like handing over to Google, Yahoo, and such parties.
It may be free, but with anything that is free from them, <u><i><b>you</b></i></u><u><i><b>
are the product</b></i></u>.<br>
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If you'd start all over you could use some forum product, but that
requires more management, moderation, etc etc, and a more
complicated infrastructure. MailMan is a very stable standard
product. <br>
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Another option would have been a USENET newsgroup/discussion group
(yes, very old, but works fine), although that has no true
archives, and is a bit anonymous, and not moderatable. <br>
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The domain the list runs in does not matter, MailMan can be run at
any provider.<br>
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I'll talk to XS4ALL first. If they are willing to host it I'm very
happy, and maybe we'll reach 25 years! ;-)<br>
<br>
rick<br>
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