[Diy_efi] diy-efi.org mailing list?

[Bruce A Bowling]

If people recall almost 4 years ago Steve Ravet put out a notice asking 
for someone to take over the forums and the server payments. No one 
stepped up to take them over, so the list was shut down and domain 
released. We (Bowling & Grippo) talked to Steve and recovered the 
information to get the server set back up and the domain reinstated. At 
which point we posted a notice here on the list that the servers were 
back up, and we were going to let them run in a un-moderated fashion 
because we simply did not have the time to invest on revamping the whole 
site.

So, over the last few years, this is exactly how the list has been 
operated - it is out there running without any intervention. The server 
itself has had some hiccups which we had to go to the ISP and have them 
fix it, mostly in the domain name, because they (ISP) would let it 
expire instead of renewing. So the first of this year we purchased 
10-years domain renewal, so this should keep things OK at least for that 
part of the equation. The server we pay for each year since this is how 
the ISP wants to operate, and he has in the past taken the lists offline 
by accident, but they eventually correct these mistakes.

For any configuration issues, know that we have not touched anything at 
all, on any configuration, at any time, since we resurrected the lists. 
So if there is a config issue it has been there for years, its not a 
recent change.

If someone wants to step up and moderate the list let me know. But, 
please do this for the long haul, do not come back several months from 
now and tell me that they do not have time to manage it anymore  We 
(B&G) will continue to pay for the server and keep it alive, if someone 
wants to work on content, fix the web sites, and maybe migrate to a 
newer listserv package or even another format, that would be great.

This does bring up one item... the "Donate to PayPal" link. Turns out 
that we do not have any of the login information for accessing the 
PayPal account, it was not given to us. So if you put money in the 
account, we cannot access it... it will just sit there. We (B&G) have 
been paying for the servers directly with our own funds - its only a few 
hundred $$s a year, its not a big deal. So, if someone wants to manage 
the lists, the first job would be to get access to the PayPal account 
and issue refunds on the donations back to all the donors.

I personally think that the lack of posting traffic may be that people 
are simply not posting, the listserv has been operating as far as I know..

- Bruce


On 10/9/2012 3:19 PM, David Allen wrote:
> Well, I don't moderate, but I have posted many times.
>
> There is a config issue with the mailing list, where anyone who replies to a
> post has it sent only to the original poster and not the list.  They need to
> manually put the list address back into the TO: header. This is hurting
> traffic on the list.
>
> Sincerely,
> David
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "jay"<jaysjunk9 at laserpubs.com>
> To: "Brian Koontz"<brian at pongonova.net>; "David Allen"<davida1 at hiwaay.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2012 1:54 PM
> Subject: Re: diy-efi.org mailing list?
>
>
>    
>> hmm - looks like the website is alive- see
>> http://www.diy-efi.org/
>>
>> here's a page on subscribing:
>>
>> http://lists.diy-efi.org/mailman/listinfo/diy_efi/
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 4/7/2012 4:51 AM, Brian Koontz wrote:
>>      
>>> Jay, do you have any idea what happened to the mailing list and
>>> website?  All appears offline...
>>>
>>>     --Brian
>>>
>>>
>>>        
>> great question - I haven't seen anything for a  while.
>> Dunno who hosts or moderates - maybe David does?
>>
>>
>>      
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