>it would mean the archives aren't Google searchable
that's an important point, since it was via a google search that i came
across the list in the first place...
k
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Kelly" <mgekelly@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <foucault@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, November 27, 2004 4:00 AM
Subject: List migration
> Hi all
>
> it seems that of all these responses, everyone is keen to keep the list
> going. The only argument is where that should happen, but I think it is
> pretty obvious that we should all migrate to the same place since the
> usefulness of the list is more-or-less proportional to the number of
users.
> I want to add my voice to the chorus against Yahoo!. I use Yahoo! groups
> myself, but they have drawbacks, notably advertising getting in the way,
> which we don't need to suffer since I am pretty convinced we can get space
> on some other server. Also, it would mean the archives aren't Google
> searchable, which they are at present - i.e. Google searches about issues
in
> Foucault will yield answers originally posted to this list, which is
great,
> but will no longer happen if we go to Yahoo!.
>
> Mark Kelly
>
>
>
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that's an important point, since it was via a google search that i came
across the list in the first place...
k
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Kelly" <mgekelly@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <foucault@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, November 27, 2004 4:00 AM
Subject: List migration
> Hi all
>
> it seems that of all these responses, everyone is keen to keep the list
> going. The only argument is where that should happen, but I think it is
> pretty obvious that we should all migrate to the same place since the
> usefulness of the list is more-or-less proportional to the number of
users.
> I want to add my voice to the chorus against Yahoo!. I use Yahoo! groups
> myself, but they have drawbacks, notably advertising getting in the way,
> which we don't need to suffer since I am pretty convinced we can get space
> on some other server. Also, it would mean the archives aren't Google
> searchable, which they are at present - i.e. Google searches about issues
in
> Foucault will yield answers originally posted to this list, which is
great,
> but will no longer happen if we go to Yahoo!.
>
> Mark Kelly
>
>
>
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