This IS the Avid L2: Re: [Avid-L2] All Yahoo Groups content to be deleted...

Thursday, October 24, 2019

Re: [Avid-L2] All Yahoo Groups content to be deleted...

Is Jeff S. still managing the yahoo group? I don't have the IT chops to handle the migration but I'd gladly pay for the transfer to the other group company. I'll see if I have a valid email for Jeff S. to see if that's possible.

---In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, <timj@...> wrote :

I've learned so much lurking on this list - I'll kick in a few $.

-Tim Johnson

From: Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com> on behalf of Benjamin Hershleder Ben@... [Avid-L2] <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2019 3:30 PM
To: Avid-L2-yahoogroups.com <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com>; John Moore <bigfish@...>
Subject: Re: [Avid-L2] All Yahoo Groups content to be deleted...

The L2 members have helped me more times than I can count over the years.

To whom do I send the money . . . and where do I send it?

Benjamin

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Benjamin Hershleder

ContactBen.com

On Oct 24, 2019, at 3:46 PM, bigfish@... [Avid-L2] <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

I bet I can get OKI Dog to donate a little from each OKI Dog special when someone mentions the Avid L-2 during their order.

---In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, <jb30343@...> wrote :

I agree. I'll kick in a dollar for every year I've been on the L.
Thanks. --J.B.

Jeff Hedberg jeff@... [Avid-L2] wrote:
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> That does look good.
> Very similar interface to the web interface for old messages etc.
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> I had thought that if we used the no file storage option - the cost
> should be free.
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> But it looks like someone would have to pony up the $220 for the transfer:
> https://beta.groups.io/g/main/message/22528
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> Let me know where to kick in some money. I've used the L2 for years,
> and would hate to see it disappear.
>
>
> Jeff
>
> ------------------
> Jeff Hedberg
>
> Director of Technical Operations
> Union Editorial
> 575 Broadway,6th floor
> New York, NY 10012
>
>> On Oct 24, 2019, at 10:35 AM, Gowanus Canal
>> gowanuscanalstinks@... <mailto:gowanuscanalstinks@...>
>> [Avid-L2] <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com <mailto:Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com>>
>> wrote:
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>> +1 for Groups.io <http://Groups.io>
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>> DQS
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>>> On Oct 24, 2019, at 10:17 AM, Jim Feeley jfeeley@...
>>> <mailto:jfeeley@...> [Avid-L2] <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com
>>> <mailto:Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com>> wrote:
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>>> I'm 90-percent sure I'm going to move an active email list with 4500
>>> subscribers (most lurkers, of course) to Groups.io
>>> <http://groups...io/>. That's based on talking to some friends who
>>> moved their lists (such as the CML lists) to Groups.io
>>> <http://groups.io/> from various other systems months (or even a
>>> year or two) ago. All have positive things to say, a couple directly
>>> said, "Wish I'd moved sooner."
>>>
>>> So ya, Groups.io <http://groups.io/> looks pretty good.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Oct 23, 2019, at 6:25 AM, hoplist hoplist@...
>>> <mailto:hoplist@...> [Avid-L2]
>>> <Avid-L2@yahoogroups..com <mailto:Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com>> wrote:
>>>> One of my other active lists just moved smoothly and rapidly
>>>> toGroups.io <http://groups.io/>. Here is the transfer process page.
>>>>
>>>> https://groups.io/yahootransfer
>>>>
>>>> It appears to have taken less that a week from idea to full
>>>> transition. List activity jumped dramatically as idle users were
>>>> reminded of the list's existence and it appears that new users were
>>>> also picked up.
>>>>
>>>> Just one experience. I can't speak to the admin side, but the user
>>>> transition was simple and almost transparent for me. One minor
>>>> tweak to my Mail filter. ;)
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> tod
>>>>
>>>>> On Oct 21, 2019, at 4:23 PM,switthaus@...
>>>>> <mailto:switthaus@...>[Avid-L2] <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com
>>>>> <mailto:Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Agree with Bouke.
>>>>>
>>>
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