From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2011 #636 Reply-To: joni@smoe.org Sender: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk Unsubscribe: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe Website: http://jmdl.com JMDL Digest Monday, November 28 2011 Volume 2011 : Number 636 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- JMDL Digest V2011 #634 [Rozanne Gates ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2011 09:44:56 -0500 From: Rozanne Gates Subject: JMDL Digest V2011 #634 Joni Lovers, Is anyone on this list in the Connecticut area? Rozanne Gates Westport, CT on 11/28/11 9:29 AM, JMDL Digest at owner-joni-digest@smoe.org wrote: > > JMDL Digest Monday, November 28 2011 Volume 2011 : Number 634 > > > > ========== > > TOPICS and authors in this Digest: > -------- > Re: state of the list [runechilde@gmail.com] > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2011 14:28:50 +0000 > From: runechilde@gmail.com > Subject: Re: state of the list > > I am happy to go to yahoo or whover and get a digest. Just let me know where > to go to > > Lucy in the UK > Sent from my BlackBerry. wireless device > > - -----Original Message----- > From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) > Sender: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org > Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2011 09:19:51 > To: > Reply-To: joni@smoe.org > Subject: JMDL Digest V2011 #633 > > > JMDL Digest Monday, November 28 2011 Volume 2011 : Number 633 > > > > ========== > > TOPICS and authors in this Digest: > - -------- > RE: The State of the JMDL [Susan Tierney McNamara ] > > - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2011 14:19:36 +0000 > From: Susan Tierney McNamara > Subject: RE: The State of the JMDL > > Hi Les and gang, > > I was Joni-only digest for a long time and once I started going to Jonifests > again I realized I was missing out, so I joined "live" all posts and also > digest. I am a big fan of filtering so I am OK with wherever we go, as long > as we still have the great conversation. > > Thanks for all your hard work, Les!!! > > Take care, Sue > > - - -----Original Message----- > From: owner-joni@smoe.org [mailto:owner-joni@smoe.org] On Behalf Of Les Irvin > Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2011 3:29 PM > To: Joni List > Subject: The State of the JMDL > > Joniphiles - > > Welcome to the ever-so-occasional State of the JMDL Meeting. Please > silence your cell phones. > > As the digest people know, we have been having ongoing problems with the > list via our long-time provider Smoe. Smoe is free, but it also has an > absentee landlord and therefore is "as is". The problems will most > likely never be resolved. The list uses the "Majordomo" software > system, written 17+ years ago (ancient in computer terms...) and pretty > much abandoned by its creators in favor of other systems like YahooGroups. > > Do we need to switch to another provider? Here are 3 options as I see them: > > 1) Have a volunteer step forward who is willing/able to install the > Majordomo software on their own server and host the list for free. > 2) Switch to YahooGroups for free. Free, BUT there will NO LONGER BE A > "JONI-ONLY" option as Yahoo offers no way to do this (unless someone has > information I don't). > 3) Find another Majordomo system to host. My research indicates a > $40+/- monthly fee for this. Yikes. > > The current list census is as follows: > 110 members of "Live" Joni > 652 members of Joni-digest > 44 members of Only-Joni > 218 members of Only-Joni digest > > So, 25% of the current members - the "only" people - will be > inconvenienced by switching to YahooGroups. On the other hand, most > email systems (Outlook, Windows Mail, Gmail, Hotmail, etc, etc...) offer > a filtering option in which one can send single NJC messages directly to > the trash. Still, the Only-Joni Digest people (21% of our population) > are left without a real solution. There is no easy answer to the > current problem if you are among the 21%. > > I'll appreciate your thoughtful discussion/ideas (public and/or private) > in the next week or so and will make a decision at that point. > > Thanks, > Les > > - ------------------------------ > > End of JMDL Digest V2011 #633 > ***************************** > > - ------- > To post messages to the list, send to joni@smoe.org. > Unsubscribe by clicking here: > mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe > - ------- > > ------------------------------ > > End of JMDL Digest V2011 #634 > ***************************** > > ------- > To post messages to the list, send to joni@smoe.org. > Unsubscribe by clicking here: > mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe > ------- ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2011 #636 ***************************** ------- To post messages to the list, send to joni@smoe.org. 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