Hi Steve, Yes, I'd be interested in a Google Group membership, if only to help keep using Protel 99SE SP6 which I don't use often but have used for years.
If you get this off the ground then please count me in Cheers Col Colin R Dillicar Colmin Associates Ph +64 9 834 4040 [EMAIL PROTECTED] "AVAST" AV Checked ----- Original Message ----- From: "Geoff Harland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Open Topic Forum" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, March 10, 2008 7:18 PM Subject: [OT] Mailing Lists (was Re: anyone here?) >> At 2008-02-29 11:27, Bagotronix Tech Support wrote: >> >I think that's what happened to me. I went to the Techserv list page >> >and >> >saw that somehow I was only subscribed to the OT forum. That explains >> >why >> >I haven't been getting PEDA messages. As to why I was dropped, that is >> >a >> >mystery. >> >> I think that's happened to me as well. And when I tried to go to >> techservinc.com, I got a brag page saying that the site has been hacked. >> >> Before this whole community just fades away, I'd like to suggest that >> if there's enough interest we might want to move to a Google group. I >> run a number of such groups for nonprofit organizations I'm involved >> in, and they work very well. I just run those as closed groups, not >> searchable in the directory, because there we have other ways to make >> contact. I'm thinking I could set up such a group for Protel (just >> one, please!), primarily focused on the 99SE SP6 that seems to be the >> pinnacle of its evolution. Those of us who are staying with the tool >> that works would then not be completely cut off from one another. I'd >> want to keep it locked so that new memberships would have to be >> approved (probably with something proving that you're really involved >> in PCB design), and that non-members couldn't post, but anyone could >> read, and once subscribed there would be no moderation. If someone >> abuses it, of course, they'd be unsubscribed. If we do this, I'd like >> to have a backup moderator, preferably someone who's been around this >> group a while and who is in a very different time zone (I'm USA >> Eastern Time, GMT-5) so that one of us would be likely to be on email >> at any given time. >> >> Comments invited! >> >> Steve Hendrix > > I know it's been a while since Steve sent that message, but for everyone's > information, there is already a Yahoo!-based mailing list in existence > which caters for users of Protel (and later versions such as DXP and AD). > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/protel-users/ > > It was initially established as a backup mailing list for the [PEDA] > mailing list,but I still think that it would be preferable to use that > mailing list, rather then setting up yet another Yahoo!-based mailing > list. > > While it is currently of an "open" nature as far as membership is > concerned, I would not have any objections to restrictions being imposed > upon membership from now on, if for no other reason then to purge > spammers. (There has been some spam on that list in the past, though it > has not been a significant problem in recent times.) > > Regards, > Geoff Harland. > > > Get the name you always wanted with the new y7mail email address. > www.yahoo7.com.au/y7mail > > ____________________________________________________________ > You are subscribed to the OT discussion forum > > To Post messages: > mailto:[email protected] > > Unsubscribe and Other Options: > http://techservinc.com/mailman/listinfo/ot_techservinc.com > > Browse or Search Old Archives (2001-2004): > http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Browse or Search Current Archives (2004-Current): > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] ____________________________________________________________ You are subscribed to the OT discussion forum To Post messages: mailto:[email protected] Unsubscribe and Other Options: http://techservinc.com/mailman/listinfo/ot_techservinc.com Browse or Search Old Archives (2001-2004): http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] Browse or Search Current Archives (2004-Current): http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
