Very much agreed. I'm sure I'm missing out on a lot of stuff, but if it's not email, I don't subscribe.
I do have a LinkedIn account, but no other social media. Email is the one thing I care about, though I do keep up a list of blogs I follow, sporadically. Kurt On Tue, Jan 30, 2018 at 9:54 AM, Michael B. Smith <mich...@smithcons.com> wrote: > Hah J > > > > For me it’s all about having a single repository. > > > > Search email? Search Skype? Search Teams? Search WhatsApp? Search Telegram? > Search g+? Search Slack? …and the list goes on. > > > > From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] > On Behalf Of Kennedy, Jim > Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2018 12:01 PM > > > To: 'exchange@lists.myitforum.com' > Subject: RE: [Exchange] Has this list died? > > > > You prefer email? Not shocking at all. J > > > > From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] > On Behalf Of Michael B. Smith > Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2018 11:52 AM > To: Trent, Rod <rod.tr...@knect365.com>; exchange@lists.myitforum.com > Subject: RE: [Exchange] Has this list died? > > > > Thanks Rod. > > > > So, the quietness is due to a relatively small number of subscribers. No one > “pushes” the lists (nor am I suggesting that Rod or his company should) the > way that Sunbelt used to. There was a HUGE fall off when the lists moved to > myITforum (again no fault of Rod’s), and the rest is just folks moving to > using other means of support (and moving to other jobs). I personally still > prefer email. A lot of people don’t. > > > > From: Trent, Rod [mailto:rod.tr...@knect365.com] > Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2018 11:42 AM > To: Michael B. Smith; exchange@lists.myitforum.com > Subject: RE: [Exchange] Has this list died? > > > > The lists are setup to alert the administrators when there have been too > many bounces. They check the logs to see what the issues are and remove > those where the accounts no longer exist. However, if the bounces are due > to domain misconfigurations or email accounts that are unavailable for a > long time, they’ll remove those, too. The email lists have a limit as to how > many messages it can retain without choking the server. If a domain becomes > misconfigured or a server goes offline, the bounces can effectively take > down the entire email list service. So, there’s a lot of monitoring and > administration that has to go on to ensure they keep humming along. > > > > That said, here’s the current subscriber counts for both lists… > > > > Exchange: 344 > > NTSysAdm: 539 > > > > > > > > From: Michael B. Smith > Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2018 11:35 AM > To: exchange@lists.myitforum.com > Cc: Trent, Rod > Subject: RE: [Exchange] Has this list died? > > > > No, it’s moderately active. > > > > However, if it gets two bounces in a row, for whatever reason, it bumps you > off. (I think it’s two, Rod would have to verify.) > > > > You can resubscribe here: > http://myitforum.com/myitforumwp/newsletter/email-lists-2/ > > > > Also, Rod would you tell us the membership for the Exchange and NTSysadm > lists? > > > > Thanks. > > > > Regards, > > Michael B. > > > > From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] > On Behalf Of Maglinger, Paul > Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2018 11:24 AM > To: 'exchange@lists.myitforum.com' > Subject: RE: [Exchange] Has this list died? > > > > What I haven’t been seeing lately is anything on the Windows NT list, or > whatever it’s called now. Does it bump you off if you haven’t posted in a > awhile? > > > > From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] > On Behalf Of Maglinger, Paul > Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2018 7:54 AM > To: 'exchange@lists.myitforum.com' <exchange@lists.myitforum.com> > Subject: RE: [Exchange] Has this list died? > > > > I’m still here, lurking, but still here. > > > > From: listsad...@lists.myitforum.com [mailto:listsad...@lists.myitforum.com] > On Behalf Of john.matte...@gmail.com > Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2018 3:12 AM > To: exchange@lists.myitforum.com > Subject: [Exchange] Has this list died? > > > > It’s been almost three weeks since someone posted here. > > > > Anyone still here? > >
