[Coco] List Permanence

[Patrick Ulland]

Speaking of Google - hit #1 for 'Tandy Color Computer Mailing list' is 
the signup page for this list. Complete with grinning gnu. SEO FTW!

-ricku

On 2/5/2025 8:46 PM, Allen Huffman via Coco wrote:
>> On Feb 5, 2025, at 11:06 AM, RETRO Innovations via Coco <coco at maltedmedia.com> wrote:
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>> While re-using a domain name when moving a list server makes things easy
>> (maybe even seamless), I don't think it's a pre-req for an email-based
>> list.  groups.io <http://groups.io/> is email based (it's also web based, but it still
>> supports email), and google groups does the same.
> The irony is that groups.io CoCo group exists because the Yahoo! Groups got shut down. With so many services that disappear (I loved Google+), self-hosting with a domain name and server rental seems to be a good bed. The risk there is that the hosting company could go under, but then you just point the domain to another provider and carry on with a backup.
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> As long as Glenside CoCo club has a list of where we can get together, we should land safely if we lose a service.
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> It wouldn’t hurt for all of us to be signed up to all of these, just in case.
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> Allen Huffman - PO Box 7634 - Urbandale IA 50323 - 515-999-0227 (vmail/TXT only)
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