[Coco] A return to bit.listserv.coco?

[Boisy G. Pitre]

On Mar 21, 2005, at 12:09 PM, Roger Taylor wrote:

> At 11:21 AM 3/21/2005, you wrote:
>> I'm going to probably catch flack for this, but here goes.
>>
>> I've been watching the bit.listserv.coco group list from Google, and 
>> it appears that the excessive SPAM that has plagued the group has 
>> pretty much abated.  In fact there are some active discussions still 
>> on-going related to the CoCo, so it appears a few people are still 
>> actively using the group.
>>
>> The whole idea for this list was to get away from the SPAM onslaught.
>> I am curious as to what others on this list would think about moving 
>> all traffic back to the original place that has served us for 10 or 
>> more years.  Google keeps a record of all messages posted, which 
>> makes searching back very easy.  (Yes, I know that this list is also 
>> archived).
>>
>> Dennis has been gracious enough to host the list, and it has worked 
>> well for the past two or so years.  Is it time to return to 
>> bit.listserv.coco?  I think we should discuss the idea.
>
>
> My 2 cents:
>
> "If it ain't broke, don't fix it".  :)
>
> We might have grown to know each other on the old list but things 
> change over time for the better and I say not to look back to what 
> might become a problem again in the future which would make us all 
> flock back here.  In moving back, we could also lose many CoCo users 
> who have come to join us since the move from the old filthy list.  We 
> already lost many from the old list due to spam issues and arguments 
> about such, etc. and things have been so nice here that I would never 
> even fathom the thought of moving back to the old list if there is 
> even the possibility of things becoming a problem again.

Deja Vu... This sounds like the same argument that was used against 
forming this list in the first place.
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