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| - | [[lexingtoncomputergroup|return to LCTG home]] | + | ~~NOCACHE~~[[lexingtoncomputergroup|return to LCTG home]] |
| =====October 2019 Need To Leave Yahoo Groups===== | =====October 2019 Need To Leave Yahoo Groups===== | ||
| + | ===links for new group=== | ||
| + | [[http:// | ||
| + | [[http:// | ||
| ====Plans for the switch==== | ====Plans for the switch==== | ||
| - | ===Email list=== | + | We discussed and decided that for at least the short term, we would take me (Steve Isenberg) up on my offer to host the email list as part of my Dreamhost ISP account.\\ |
| - | |Get email addresses from Yahoo Group| | + | CharlyS is checking on what it would take for the group to get a 501c3; once we have this, then Dreamhost will give us a free account, and it's likely that groups.io would as well.\\ |
| - | |Create new group|Done. List address (for posting messages) | + | QUESTION: Does Lexington Community Center have a 501c3? |
| - | |Test new group, send email to it and see it distribute message to select test subjects| | + | ===Email list tasks=== |
| - | |Add all current Yahoo group' | + | |Get email addresses from Yahoo Group|DONE| |
| - | |Send message to Yahoo Group saying we are switching and give new address| | + | |Create new group|DONE|List address (for posting messages) |
| - | |Add list address for new group to the YahooGroup (so email sent to old Yahoo group will go to new group for distribution| | + | |Test new group, send email to it and see it distribute message to select test subjects|DONE|added footer, sent test message| |
| - | |Set all members of current Yahoo group so not receive email (means we rely on new group)| | + | |Add all current Yahoo group' |
| + | |Send message to Yahoo Group saying we are switching and give new address|sent to new list DONE| | ||
| + | |Add list address for new group to the YahooGroup (so email sent to old Yahoo group will go to new group for distribution|NOT DONE as I turned off mailings to the list| | ||
| + | |Set all members of current Yahoo group so not receive email (means we rely on new group)|DONE by disallowing email to the yahoo list| | ||
| + | When this is all done, | ||
| + | * All current Yahoo group members will be on the new list | ||
| ===Files stored on Yahoo Groups=== | ===Files stored on Yahoo Groups=== | ||
| - | |Need to download all of the documents/ | + | |Need to download all of the documents/ |
| - | |Find place and way to store all of these files (Steve' | + | |Find place and way to store all of these files (Steve' |
| + | ===Old message archives=== | ||
| + | |Need to see how to get old messages|DONE, | ||
| + | |How to store them somewhere so they can be searched and read|TBD| | ||
| ===Using new list=== | ===Using new list=== | ||
| - | * To send to the list, send to: '' | + | See the group wiki at http://lctg.toku.us |
| - | * New members: | + | |
| - | * Using email address they want to subscribe to list, send blank message to: '' | + | |
| - | * Moderators will receive message saying person wants to join | + | |
| - | * Moderator can qualify potential member | + | |
| - | * Moderator can approve the membership and they' | + | |
| - | * Members can access archives by ??? | + | |
| - | * Members can remove their list membership by sending email to '' | + | |
| ===Subcommittee members=== | ===Subcommittee members=== | ||
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| * Steve Isenberg | * Steve Isenberg | ||
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| + | ====Older material==== | ||
| ^Category^Needs^Post-Yahoo Groups Solution^ | ^Category^Needs^Post-Yahoo Groups Solution^ | ||
| |Email List|Way to add/delete members.| | |Email List|Way to add/delete members.| | ||
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| ^ Option | ^ Option | ||
| - | | Groups.io | + | | Groups.io |
| | Google Groups | | Google Groups | ||
| | < | | < | ||
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| [Jonathan] | [Jonathan] | ||
| This seems to be clean and nice, but I'm wondering what problem we're trying to solve. Are there things that bother you about our current Yahoo pages? The things that bother me are that Yahoo no longer automatically generates meeting notices from the calendar (and sometimes blocks access to it). Right now, I keep our Yahoo home page (at https:// | This seems to be clean and nice, but I'm wondering what problem we're trying to solve. Are there things that bother you about our current Yahoo pages? The things that bother me are that Yahoo no longer automatically generates meeting notices from the calendar (and sometimes blocks access to it). Right now, I keep our Yahoo home page (at https:// | ||
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