[RTTY] RTTY Reflector

[Al Hanzl]

Jim
I checked my spam folder and nothing held there. 
Tnx
Al
K2AL 

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> On Mar 11, 2018, at 3:58 PM, Phil-W6PK <phil-w6pk at verinsky.com> wrote:
> 
> 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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