Wouldn't it be just as easy to run a mailman listserver? OK, maybe not, but... On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 7:20 PM, Jim Moy <jim at moypiano.com> wrote: > A perfectly valid objection to the "cloud computing" way of things. > > If the pianotech run on Google servers goes away some day, how can you > guarantee its contents were preserved for the future, in the way we are > able with the Mailman list archives on the server we control? > > It seems like it would be a good idea to set up a machine subscriber to > the Google Group that automatically stores the emails it receives in an > archive that is under our control... > > > On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 6:01 PM, Susan Kline <skline at peak.org> wrote: > >> ** >> There's something else -- I don't trust the likes of Google or Yahoo at >> all, even though >> I'm part of a big Yahoo group. And Facebook --- why not just let a bunch >> of corporate >> jackals into your private home, unlock everything, let them take whatever >> they want >> and piss on the rest? >> >> Susan, now getting old and cranky >> >> Terry Beckingham wrote: >> >> Well, I thought I had Google groups figured out, but I guess I was wrong. >> >> It appears that the only way I can send to Google groups is to go onto >> the web and log into my Google account and send from there. >> >> I don't like going to the web if I don't have to, because I do not have >> high speed. I use Eudora for my email and everything comes directly into my >> Eudora. I can have Google forward from my Gmail account to my other >> address, but I can't send to Google groups from my Eudora. >> >> Am I missing something here? Is there a way to send from my Eudora to >> Google groups without logging onto my Google account on the web? >> >> I'm frustrated. >> >> Terry Beckingham >> >> >> > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/20130225/e6651af0/attachment.htm>
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