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Re: [RTTY] RTTY Reflector

To: Jim N7US <jim@n7us.net>, 'Al Hanzl' <alhanzl@comcast.net>, "rtty@contesting.com" <rtty@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [RTTY] RTTY Reflector
From: Ken K6MR <k6mr@gmx.com>
Date: Sun, 11 Mar 2018 10:39:25 -0700
List-post: <mailto:rtty@contesting.com>
NCCC was having similar problems with our internal reflector and moved to 
Groups.io.  Simple and painless.  Probably something to think about.

Ken K6MR

From: Jim N7US
Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2018 10:16
To: 'Al Hanzl'; rtty@contesting.com
Cc: 'Dave Barr'; 'Ken K6MR'
Subject: RTTY Reflector

Al,

Your email was distributed by the reflector.  Could the reflector emails be 
caught in a spam filter on your end?

As moderator, I receive notices of bouncing messages.  They often come in 
spurts, with several from the same ISP bouncing at the same time.  I don’t 
recall seeing any notifications for you.

W6WRT made me moderator of the RTTY reflector when he wanted to step down a 
couple years ago.  This reflector is very different than Yahoo Groups or the 
increasingly popular Groups.io reflector.  It's old technology, without the 
features of Yahoo or Groups.io, such as files, HTML, etc.  As moderator, I 
don’t have a webpage that I can go to for a list of bouncing email addresses.

After the problem created when the owner of the DXLab Yahoo Group died, leaving 
only a moderator with limited management options, I think it's prudent for all 
reflectors to have at least two owners (for Yahoo Groups) or moderators (for 
the contesting.com reflectors, such as RTTY).  Because this reflector has 
limited options, there's very little to be done by the moderator.  Would one or 
two like to step forward to be co-moderators?

This group hasn't suffered from a plethora of off-topic posts as some other 
reflectors have, making the moderator's job easy.

I hesitate to ask, but is there interest in creating a similar reflector on 
Groups.io?  I'm not aware of one there now.  

Unlike Yahoo Groups, where a reflector can be moved with all its subscribers, 
messages, etc., that capability doesn't exist for this reflector, so everyone 
would have to subscribe to a new reflector.

Groups.io has proven itself to be very flexible and reliable.  The 5000+ member 
N1MM+ Yahoo Group recently moved to Groups.io after problems with delays in 
messages being forwarded.  The RTTY reflector has just over 1000 members.

73, Jim N7US

-----Original Message-----
From: RTTY <rtty-bounces@contesting.com> On Behalf Of Al Hanzl
Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2018 11:40
To: Ken K6MR <k6mr@gmx.com>
Cc: Dave Barr <barr29@verizon.net>; cq-contest@contesting.com; NS 
<nccc-blue@kkn.net>; rtty@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [RTTY] NS RTTY this Thursday

I (along with others in the area) have not been receiving postings from the 
RTTY Contesting reflector since Feb 27. This one is the last I received. 
I am getting some postings from individuals only. 
K2AL 



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