[GR-Jug] MailMan vs Yahoo Group

[Vasiliy Gagin]

I'll vote for Yahoo Group, or Google group.
Maintenance argument is convincing.

On 4/21/06, Carlus Henry <carlushenry at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Sorry to bring up old stuff people, but why did we forgo Yahoo for
> MailMan?
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> I have had a lot of experience with the Yahoo group and my personal belief
> is that the yahoo group is a better fit for our needs.  It requires little
> to no maintenance and there will be a limited number of support issues.  It
> would be one less thing that we would be responsible for.
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> I am sure that Dave is more than capable of administering Mailman, but
> what is going to happen when he graduates and starts to make his millions.
> He is not going to have time to administer mailman between spending all of
> his money and sharing it with me....
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> What's more, is that the yahoo group has bigger potential to grow.  We
> could post pictures, files and all of that good stuff.  It gives us a
> professional look and feel that we do not have to develop.  There are just
> so many benefits to using it, that I am not seeing any drawbacks.....
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> Please share your thoughts on this one.
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> Thanks
> Carlus
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