Sorry, perhaps poor choice of words. Nothing sinister intended, The groups I now own were moved to Yahoo in early 2002 from a private server. Yahoo served our purposes just fine until they decided to

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Hi Christos, I cannot think of a more sure way to make owners and moderators of “simple” groups that focus on limited subjects tear their hair out than to do this. If an owner or moderator wants to ma

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I respectfully but emphatically disagree. Incessant criticism without suggestion(s) for improvement is a waste of everyone’s time. I happen to believe this DISCUSSION, ongoing though it may be, is of

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The logic supporting your absolute pronouncement here is not clear to me. Let me put this another way…a group owner has little, if any, control or input as to Groups.io rules or fees. He/she is a “sub

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I fail to see the distinction you imply here. If “the rules” change for group OWNERS, obviously those changes apply to their subscribers. The platform hosting them can and will implement changes in th

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We need to keep our eyes on "the ball” here. Groups.oi serves OWNERS. Group owners, serve their subscribers. Group owners should know that their provider can and will implement changes as necessary fo

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Hi Dwayne, You said (in part): "While I do appreciate the grandfathering that is in place, at some point I expect it to end. Maybe not while Mark is in charge (hopefully for a long time ;>), but somed

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As a long time “owner” of multiple cats people have thrown out (to their great loss), I thank you for your service to felines everywhere. That said I respectfully point out that by paying annually for

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An inflexible idea is about as sellable as an inflexible proposal. Much of the structure of a house or other building is flexible and relatively weak until complete. That weakness is accepted because

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I think Samuel’s idea is flexible enough to explore as to practicality. Instead of focusing on the 100 person “limit”, how a 100 “active participant” limit instead. Most email-based groups have the gr

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Progress is inherently a process of vulnerabilities to perceive and manage. If it does not move at a speed that precludes perfection, it may not advance at all. I am reminded of the saying that a ship

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Hi Shal, Internet operations are obviously infinitely more complex than most of us know, or want to know; and yet it behooves us group owners and moderators to widen our perception and perspective to

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Hi Shal, Thanks for the response. You said: "What matters is how many of your members are on Individual messages: one posted message becomes a burden of up to 875 outbound messages, or 777 in the othe

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Hi Duane, You’re way ahead of most group owners in your understanding of “how things work”. In reading this latest, I must confess I cannot relate much of what you say to my rudimentary comprehension

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Hi Bruce, Mark had asked us to keep sharing our opinions, because he understands that no one is intelligent enough to see all aspects of a “problem” from a single perspective. That’s why most intellig

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I’m sure each person contributing is doing their good faith best to understand the upcoming changes. The two recent “alternate presentations” of the new pricing structure are more logical and clear, a

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Penny said: "I understand that this service has to pay for itself, and luckily my group is grandfathered so this won't affect it.” Mark is obviously a talented and conscientious individual, and Groups

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There’s a very effective (if morally bankrupt) negotiating tactic that completely excludes any traditional presumption of “good faith. One simply puts “on the table" an obviously unacceptable figure w

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Your first two sentences were also true back when Groups.io offered fully featured “free groups”. I fail to see how the substantially expanded size of Groups.io since the demise of Yahoo Groups is LES

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My personal experience is substantially identical. My two Ercoupe (aircraft) groups date back to early 2000 and a computer talented enthusiast that then hosted them on his personal server. Several yea

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