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Pricing Changes #update

Now we're into competitive territory. A listserv license from L-Soft is about that: $3,000 a year. But that's for up to 20 lists, each of unlimited size. I'm site manager for a co-op server that hosts

By Larry Finch · #27282 ·

#update

Pricing Changes #update

That sounds like the listserv Probe function. Larry

By Larry Finch · #27281 ·

#update

Automatically mark "idle" members in Admin Members list #suggestion

I am site manager for a Listserv (L-Soft) mailing list server. One of its features is Probe, which periodically sends a message to each registered address asking them to respond positively if they wis

By Larry Finch · #27258 ·

#suggestion

Dozens of gmail members suddenly bouncing - what's going on? #misc

Google had a major, worldwide outage earlier today. I suspect this is left over from that outage.

By Larry Finch · #27142 ·

#misc

safari warns groups.io certificate expired, site "may be impersonating" groups.io etc. #misc

Your Safari is very old. The current version is 13.1.1, so try updating it. Larry

By Larry Finch · #25146 ·

#misc

Reporting a pending subscriber #misc

Thanks to Shal and all the others who pointed out that this feature already exists. I’ve just updated my lists. Larry

By Larry Finch · #24900 ·

#misc

Reporting a pending subscriber #misc

Hi, Mark; I manage this in the listserv groups I admininster by not automatically removing a first poster from moderation. I wait until they have made additional posts, each of which is reviewed and a

By Larry Finch · #24883 ·

#misc

Remove the ID column in databases #suggestion

Well, putting on my DBA hat, relational database theory requires that there be no duplicate rows in a database table. As you can’t control what people put into a row, the ID column assures that every

By Larry Finch · #24283 ·

#suggestion

Email Privacy

I have one list owner (on listserv, not groups.io) who hosts a list on travel in China. As much of what is posted can be construed as political by authorities in China he assures complete anonymity. H

By Larry Finch · #23581 ·

Email Privacy

In groups that I host we recommend that users create “throwaway” gmail or yahoo addresses that don’t identify them and are used only for posting to the group.

By Larry Finch · #23564 ·