Brian Howie wrote:
In message , Stephen Thomas Cole
writes
rickman wrote:
On 12/7/2015 1:59 PM, Brian Howie wrote:
In message , Brian Reay writes
Jeff, please feel free to join RSGBTech, a Yahoo group which is
specifically intended for the technical amateurs and those who wish to
learn. It is moderated so the likes of Evans don't get to disrupt it.

If you would like an invitation, which speeds up the joining process,
drop me an Email. There is a valid address on my website.

There's a rumour on the Yahoo NDB list that the Yahoo groups may be
numbered. Rumour may stem from :-

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-ya...0TN2IC20151205
#KMJHucvR0ufqhUcL.97

If Yahoo groups are taken down what are reasonable alternatives?

Usenet.


RFD uk.radio.amateur.rsgbtechgroup.moderated ?

Sounds like a plan, I'll get drafting.

The problem with Usenet is you can't have a repository of files . I
subscribe to the LTSpice and other yahoo groups that have colossal
libraries of useful stuff. Shifting that to Google Groups would be a nightmare.


Well, couldn't a binaries group do the job? There's NSPs out there offering
10 years or so of retention, so any files dumped into, say,
uk.radio.amateur.rsgbtechgroup.binaries.moderated would be available for a
good long while yet.

Here's a thought; we set up the ham.* hierarchy. Groups to include;
ham.technical, ham.ragchew, ham.binaries. All moderated, .ragchew
exceedingly light-touch, though. Invest some energy into getting ham.*
carried by the major NSPs and, bosh, we've got a fail safe for when Yahoo
kills Groups.

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