[RTTY] RTTY Reflector

[Phil-W6PK]

One other note: I did not receive notifications from the reflector for the
missing email.

73, Phil W6PK


On Sun, Mar 11, 2018 at 12:39 PM, Phil-W6PK <phil-w6pk at verinsky.com> wrote:

> 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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