[Bill to zeta:] Re: The List - U Lista

Je Sat, 29 Mar 2003 19:22:50 -0000, Anthony skribis:

Personally, I think a change to a Yahoo! group is an excellent idea. What we lose is the discussion list where we can send an email to all members on the mailing list.

Assuming that I haven’t misunderstood, I’ll have to disagree. A Yahoo! group can be used exactly like our current listserver. If you join by sending an email to the group, you can use it just like a regular mailing list and you never have to go to the website. If instead you choose to use the website (in which case you’ll have to register (it’s free)), you can still use it just like a regular mailing list, or turn off the mail and just read and post online, or both, search the archives, etc. There is also a files area for each group where we could store dictionaries and samples and such.

For example, concerning those many lists I’ve subscribed: the ones in which I’m most active and/or interested I receive as emails or email digests, while for the others I’ve disabled the email and just pop into the website occasionally to see what’s new.

Over the past few years Yahoo! has absorbed several other list servers, some of which had themselves absorbed others, such as OneList, eGroups, etc. That’s how I ended up on so many Yahoo! lists! Whether that’s good or bad I don’t really have an opinion, but in truth it works as well as did the other smaller ones.

One advantage to Yahoo! is that it is large and well-known. People would be more likely to find glosalist while searching for lists by keywords such as glosa or interglossa or international language. If we mentioned Greek and Latin and Esperanto we’d be even more likely to attract some new members.

It is possible to have multiple moderators on a Yahoo! list. Some lists choose several moderators located around the world to increase the probability that one will be awake and ready to moderate at any given time.

Salata, Bill

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