GGs,

For as long as I've been on the List (and I believe for it's entire
life), it's been hosted by the Cornell Legal Information Institute.  I
don't know the details of how this started, but I think it's due to
Tom Bruce, the director of LII, and his generosity.  He sent me email
last weekend when their server went down and asked me to think about
moving OldTools off their servers at some point in the future.  As it
stands now, our List is the only one on the system that went down
(ruckus), and it's likely more of a burden to their staff than it was
in the past when they were hosting many lists.  This system is also
running a fairly old version of the mailing list software, and can't
handle the changes AOL and Yahoo made to their mail servers.

These are at least two of probably many reasons why we should begin
the process of moving the List.  I believe I have a similar system set
up on my server (swingleydev.com), and I am willing to give this a
try, if that's where we want to go.  Other options are more than
welcome, but keep in mind that we will be looking for a long term home
with someone who is willing to make an effort to keep it running
smoothly.  The software doesn't have to be Mailman, but keeping it
with the same system is more likely to allow us to migrate accounts,
passwords and settings.

Let me know either on or off-List what you'all think.

Cheers,

ListMom Chris
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Christopher Swingley
Fairbanks, Alaska
http://swingleydev.com/
cswingle@s...