[RTTY] RTTY Reflector

[Phil-W6PK]

Jim, I'm the postmaster for NCCC's reflector.  A report of missing email
since Feb 27 from the RTTY reflector looks like reports that I received
from the NCCC reflector.

In our case, the reports of missing email cam from several digest
subscribers, so I polled 50 of them.  The results were not good - 85% of
the responding subscribers had not received reflector email since the end
of February.

I don't know if the problem was limited to digest subscribers or if this
was a coincidence.

As previously reported, I migrated the NCCC reflector from
list.contesting.com to groups.io.  Reflector migrations are never easy for
the postmaster, but groups.io made it easier than previous migrations to
other services.

I'm very happy to see comments from subscribers regarding painless
migrations!

You're welcome to contact me for more information.

73, Phil W6PK


On Sun, Mar 11, 2018 at 12:01 PM, Ed Muns <ed at w0yk.com> wrote:

> My NCCC reflector migration as a user was amazingly effortless and seamless
> which I think was due in part to the process the moderator used.  Jim, if
> you consider a move for this reflector, you might want to contact Phil,
> W6PK, for a description of what he did.
>
> Ed W0YK
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: RTTY [mailto:rtty-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Ken K6MR
> Sent: 11 March, 2018 10:39
> To: Jim N7US; 'Al Hanzl'; rtty at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [RTTY] RTTY Reflector
>
> 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 at 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 at contesting.com> On Behalf Of Al Hanzl
> Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2018 11:40
> To: Ken K6MR <k6mr at gmx.com>
> Cc: Dave Barr <barr29 at verizon.net>; cq-contest at contesting.com; NS
> <nccc-blue at kkn.net>; rtty at 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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