Re: Heads up: Boost list changes

From: danl_miller (danl_miller_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-03-10 22:09:38

--- In boost_at_y..., Beman Dawes <bdawes_at_a...> wrote:
> Sometime soon (Monday, March 10th, if all goes well) the main Boost
mailing 
> list will be moved from YahooGroups to a Mailman (www.list.org) host
kindly 
> provided by the Open Systems Lab at Indiana University 
> (http://www.osl.iu.edu)
> 
> A message with more details will be posted once the changeover is
complete.
> 
> But for now, be aware that change is coming.  You will have to
change your 
> address book, be alert to which list a message came from when
hitting 
> "reply", and in general put up with rough edges for a few days.
> 
> All current Boost email and digest subscribers will be moved over 
> automatically, with preferences set appropriately.
> 
> There is no exact equivalent for current subscribers who read the
list 
> currently via the web.  Presumably they will either access the list
via the 
> archives, or switch to the email or digest options.  We will start
these 
> folks out as regular email subscribers.
> 
> --Beman

  What is the rationale for this change?  (Did we exceed some
budget/threshold regarding Yahoo groups?)