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From:  "Candace Magner" <magner@l...>
Date:  Tue Sep 17, 2002  3:37 pm
Subject:  moving the list

Dear Vocalisters,

Emerging from Lurk-mode. As one of the earlier members on both incarnations
of this list, I remember that one big problem we have had in move to
yahoogroups is the loss of our archives. If we are using a system already
set up by the university (or anywhere else for that matter) we need to see
how that will be handled. It takes a huge amount of space to archive our
chatty group, and we say such important things that it is an enormous loss
of information if we no longer have our old archive available or cannot keep
a new one.

About an entry-portal webpage, you should know that vocalist.org,
vocalist.info and vocalist.com are names that are already owned by others.
To have some shortcut is possible (e.g. my own homepage has a very
complicated URL but the shortcut is easy) and often free. Another name is
probably not useful since we are known as VocaList....where else would you
look for us?

As for academic vs commercial, I think this is a moot point. Just because a
list is kept on the servers of a university means nothing. I am often
surprised to find out where a list is managed. It just depends on who has
the time and space, and the most reliable service.

As for spam, it will appear anyway. Any time you put your e-mail address on
anything, it can and will be harvested.

Best wishes,
Candace

Dr. Candace A. Magner
University of New Mexico - Los Alamos Dept of Fine Arts/Music
magner@l...
homepage http://clik.to/candace
Barbara Strozzi site http://www.barbarastrozzi.com





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