I still wish we could just use a mailing list, but for some reason everyone likes the slow web interface with forms and stuff. Ah well.

Not everyone has a nicely threaded mail reader. For that matter not all clients will bother putting the reference headers which make it all work in. See also bandwidth needed for that much mail assuming same traffic levels, and how large of a mailbox you need if you want to receive it all.

Just because you work for a university and get free bandwidth and a place to stuff your machines doesn't mean everybody does;)

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Not everyone - I for one miss scoring, sensible citation highlighting, biff, selective catchup and a decent editor with spellcheck, BBDB, etc. But this place survived at the expense of the mailing lists, so I just have to tolerate it, I suppose.

I suppose you're right, but I want to make sure that for $500, we're getting a good deal. It just didn't seem like that $500 thing was any better than a lot of other options that have been listed here.

It just didn't seem like that $500 thing was any better than a lot of other options that have been listed here.

True, but these offers shift around all the time. What might be a good deal today may not be next week (well, exaggeration, but the idea is there - somewhere).

I do not know what other responsibilities PaulH has to deal with and what time constraints he is under. As it is, I am very happy for the time and effort he (and everyone else) have given to this board. The critical thing is that PaulH can migrate the BBS and all that goes with it to a new home or upgrade and pay in place before his current service is shut down; with enough lead time to get it done and still have a life of his own.

A number of very good suggestions and offers of support (funding and hosting) have been made. I am no expert at comparing the various offers, but I am certain that whichever will be the final outcome, I will be glad that the board is still around. Wherever it will wind up.

I don't think it will be necessary to resort to spending any money. There are perfectly good free of charge offers on the table (including the empeg.com host if necessary).

Rob

Just an FYI, looks like if the move does become necessary, it will be over to RioCar.Org. I already have it set up, and am just finishing up a few things. Once the official switch occurs, it should be transparent to most, as the domain will still stay the same (empeg.comms.net). Rob R., I'll work with you on getting empegbbs.com moved over as well.

Again, nothing is completly confirmed right now, but it seems this is the way it will be.

And for those who didn't catch it, I popped Drakino up to Admin status to help facilitate a smooth transition. Note his name appears in red now. Yeah yeah, ph3ar the dragon. Whatever.

Hosting it on the same server as Empeg.Com was another option that was high on the list as well. The choice to go with the Riocar.Org server instead was made because it had more available bandwidth, I believe.

Yeah, Tom!

www.hetzner.de is quite cheap...

Yeah, but nothing beats "free".

Many thanks to Tom ("Drakino") for taking over the BBS hosting chores. It's now being hosted from the same server as www.riocar.org , so all is well.