David . . .
On Sun, 4 Mar 2018 09:05:39 -0500 (EST), "David P. Dillard"
<jwne@...> wrote:
There is no discussion group network that has a guaranteed safety program
for continued existence as far as I know.
While I expect few, if any here to do this, you could get your own web
hosting, install a free Listserv or Majordomo software package, and
run your own.
It won't have the easy access to pictures, files, etc., but you can
add that, too, if you wish if you design your own web site or have
someone add those features for you, as you can do that with a web
hosting service.
An alternative is to run a BBS type group using phpBB (free) software.
I set one of these up for an aquatic plants/aquarium group, and we had
a web designer who donated her time to do that web site part of it for
other features. It worked well, but eventually the group fell apart
and I believe the site was let go.
But if you have paid web hosting and you care enough to do it, have
the ability or available talent to do it, you can have complete
control over a email-only group (with an optional web site component).
You make backups of everything periodically and don't trust backups
completely to the web hosting company. That way, you avoid what
happened to those Listserv groups when 2 years of posts were deleted.
I doubt most here want to put that much effort into such a thing, but
it is an option. Otherwise, we resort to places like YG! and
groups.io. And for many here who moved or are thinking of moving from
YG! to IO, they want a similar experience as that seen on YG!, and IO
offers that to your members.
Donald
The further a society drifts from truth the more it will hate those who
speak it. --Selwyn Duke
