Homebrew PCBs

--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, "Stefan Trethan"
<stefan_trethan@...> wrote:
>
> On Thu, 08 Jun 2006 22:21:54 +0200, Steve <alienrelics@...> wrote:
> 
> > That's a different perspective than some have.
> > Well, the Files area is 99% full, some people are ridiculing my choice
> > of a Yahoogroup, others are ridiculing my choice of email program...
> 
> 
> But fact is, we all have come here, chosen this.
> There are already other forum style PCB making forums out there, and i  
> don't care for them.
> 
> The file problem you could easily solve on your server, that doesn't
need  
> to have anything to do with the mail group. I access a file once a
week  
> maybe, but i read xx posts a day for which i won't use a web interface.

Right now this is an experiment. Lots of unhappy buzz about
Yahoogroups changes to a less-than-perfect system to a slightly
different less-than-perfect system, and the occasional suggestion to
move to a different less-than-perfect system off of Yahoogroups.

I know people who won't even join a forum if it is on Yahoogroups.
Can't make everyone 100% happy.

If I can figure out how MODs are installed in phpBB, the forum could
become like a photon - both a forum and a mailing list at the same time.

In either case I could set up an FTP site on my server, but I'm not
making anything on this so it is tough to justify the time, bandwidth,
and space taken up. I've been trying to figure out some way to make
this at least pay for itself. At least if it is on my own
forum/mailing list, any ad revenue goes to me, not Yahoogroups.

Steve Greenfield