RE: [sibrob]
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- Subject: RE: [sibrob]
- From: G* M*
- Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2001 11:17:13 -0600
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I think the Lairis was on Topica and moved to eGroups. I don't remember who
the list owner is (you can probably find out on eGroups) but you might check
as to why they moved.
Greg McCullough
Iris City Gardens
Primm Springs, TN (just southwest of Nashville)
USA
Zone 6
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ellen Gallagher [I*@operamail.com]
> Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2001 10:02 AM
> To: Siberian List
> Subject: [sibrob]
>
>
> Hello,
>
> If anyone has direct experience with the free mailing list group:
>
> http://www.topica.net/
>
> I would appreciate hearing from you privately.
>
> I have checked out the background and it is a well-respected
> internet company
> that has thousands of e-mail lists and gives exceptional
> service to the
> customers. I did join a flower list on it: orchid-l and a
> computer list and
> another one called list-builders recommended by topica (which
> clogged up my
> mailbox this morning and I quickly unsubscribed). The company
> is solid, based
> in San Francisco and has been in business for exactly three
> years and is
> growing. They have been able to expand with some of the best
> known and
> well-repected computer folks in CA. They are on solid
> financial footing in the
> geek world (which is saying a lot with all the start-ups and
> failures around).
>
> One potential drawback: they have made their money by
> inserting ads (much like
> Yahoo does) but NOT like our friend with the flower
> stationery - he has been
> banned from our list, incidentally). There are no ads in the
> messages, of
> course.
>
> I have written more questions re storage of files, photos
> (attachments) being
> used in the lists, etc.
>
> The upside of Topica: ease for the subscribers. It is easily the most
> user-friendly of the mailing list companies I have been
> investigating. They
> also give 24/7 support to the list owners - eGroups is/was
> very supportive as
> well. No problems whatsoever.
>
> eGroups will be merged into Yahoo as Yahoo Groups soon...no
> date yet - but I
> do not like the attitude of the Yahoo representative on the
> merger discussion
> list...the eGroups staff on the discussion list do exhibit
> some concern for
> the mailing list members and have almost a proprietary
> interest in their
> groups staying afloat. following the dissolution of eGroups.
> The list owners
> have
> many unanswered questions of Yahoo and the answers are
> couched in what
> amounts
> to: I don't know..I will check...maybe so, maybe not, etc.
> That is not good
> enough.
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> So the search continues for our new home. We may end up at
> Yahoo groups for at
> least a short time - they will transfer us but if they don't
> I have back-ups
> of our list members and we will find a home somewhere in
> cyberspace. Topica
> will also transfer us en masse if that is where we will end up.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Ellen
> ===
> Ellen Gallagher/ Berlin, NH,USA/ Zone 3
> N. White Mts. in the "Great North Woods"
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> Sibrob info on eGroups site:
> http://www.egroups.com/group/sibrob
> Sibrob Files page on eGroups site:
> http://www.egroups.com/files/sibrob/
> To join the Siberian iris e-mail robin:
> http://www.egroups.com/subscribe/sibrob
> To view the Siberian iris archives:
> http://www.mallorn.com/lists/sibrob/
> Society for Siberian Irises web page:
> http://w3.one.net/~wilsonjh/ssi.htm
> URL for iris-photos:
> http://www.egroups.com/group/iris-photos
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