OpenEuphoria

Re: List will go down in 8 hours

• Posted by martin.stachon at worldonline.cz Jul 28, 2001
• 382 views

> Kat wrote:
> > On 27 Jul 2001, at 12:18, cklester at yahoo.com wrote:
> > 
> > > This is unacceptable.
> > 
> > I agree. I have never had a puter down for that long, and would have 
> > full 
> > backup instantly available for anyone who relied on me. This is most 
> > unprofessional,, or is this what the profession has devolved to?
> > 
> > Kat
> >  
> > > > Topica writes:
> > > > > Topica will perform routine maintenance starting at 
> > > > > 6 pm PDT on Friday, July 27 (2 am July 28 GMT) and lasting
> > > > > approximately 12 to 16 hours.  
> > > > 
> > > > Regards,
> > > >    Rob Craig
> > > >    Rapid Deployment Software
> > > >    http://www.RapidEuphoria.com
> 
>    I totally agree with kat This is most unprofessional list I
>    have ever seen. The only reason they are shutting down
>    is to CHANGE their JUNK ADS because ITS THE END OF THE MONTH. 
>    They could care less about the users, They are just targets for
>    their junk ADS.
>    There is no way to complain to them because their e-mail
>    is a auto-responder, No one to complain to.
>    Rob, 
>    Isn't there any other list that you can advertize on that
>    at least CARES about the users and has A BACKUP SYSTEM
>    or ALTERNATE SYSTEM while their doing maintainence.
>    Maybe Chris knows one he suggested this one.
> 
> Bernie
> 

What about creating our own mailing list ?
It would require writing an SMTP server and a
CGI web interface. Possible with Euphoria.
Just need a stable machine which is 24h a day up.
(You can get a free DNS name with dns2go)

Regards,
    Martin