[Ipg-smz] We need an alternative to our existing lists

[jack wallen]

I'm with Christine. I've been using Slack for a number of communities 
and it couldn't be easier. On top of which, you can integrate apps and 
other bits to make it even more productive and efficient.

On Sun, Dec 15, 2019 at 9:40 am, Christine Hall via Ipg-smz 
<ipg-smz at netpress.org> wrote:
> Funny, my experience is just the oposite. I've had nothing but 
> trouble with Webex but Slack has been a piece of cake.
> 
> Christine Hall
> Publisher & Editor
> FOSS Force: Keeping tech free
> http://fossforce.com <http://fossforce.com/>
> 
> On 12/14/19 11:43 AM, Lynn Greiner via Ipg-smz wrote:
>> I find Slack a beast to use. Take a peek at Cisco Webex Teams. 
>> It’s free, and offers Slack functionality in a much nicer UI. 
>> It’s end-to-end encrypted and secure too – Cisco can’t peek.
>> 
>> *From:* Ipg-smz <ipg-smz-bounces at netpress.org 
>> <mailto:ipg-smz-bounces at netpress.org>> *On Behalf Of *jack wallen 
>> via Ipg-smz
>> *Sent:* Saturday, December 14, 2019 9:49 AM
>> *To:* ipg-smz at netpress.org <mailto:ipg-smz at netpress.org>
>> *Cc:* jack wallen <jack.wallen at gmail.com 
>> <mailto:jack.wallen at gmail.com>>
>> *Subject:* Re: [Ipg-smz] We need an alternative to our existing lists
>> 
>> Why not do Slack?
>> 
>> 
>> On Sat, Dec 14, 2019 at 4:54 am, David Gewirtz via Ipg-smz 
>> <ipg-smz at netpress.org <mailto:ipg-smz at netpress.org> 
>> <<mailto:ipg-smz at netpress.org>>> wrote:
>> 
>>     Well, we could self-host a WordPress site with membership and 
>> forum
>>     software. The entire solution can be built out that way. The only
>>     downside is a cost, monthly for good hosting and yearly for some
>>     commercial plugins to lock things down.
>> 
>>     The one gotcha on the site I built was that when we moved it to a
>>     new host, some of the commercial plugins wouldn't re-register. At
>>     the time I set it up, the cost for them wasn't too high, but they
>>     ballooned to a total of over $500, which was too rich for me this
>>     year, so I just moved the site and we're running old, somewhat 
>> out
>>     of date plugins.
>> 
>>     Also, I can't really volunteer myself to do the whole job. Post
>>     heart surgery, I'm trying to tone down how much work I shoulder. 
>> But
>>     I'm happy to advise.
>> 
>>     --David
>> 
>> 
>>     *David Gewirtz*
>> 
>>     Distinguished Lecturer, CBS Interactive
>> 
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>> 
>>     On Fri, Dec 13, 2019 at 1:28 PM Tom Henderson via Ipg-smz
>>     <ipg-smz at netpress.org <mailto:ipg-smz at netpress.org> 
>> <<mailto:ipg-smz at netpress.org>>> wrote:
>> 
>>         I will also contribute shekels.
>> 
>>         Some alternatives include group.io <http://group.io 
>> <http://group.io/>> (am on four
>>         ex-yahoo/refugee lists there)
>> 
>>         Cheap hosting as in namecheap/hostgator/etc that costs about
>>         $200 yr
>>         that uses php-ish bbs-ish (even 2FA/MFA authenticated) 
>> hosting
>>         (meaning
>>         NON-email)
>> 
>>         Or migrate totally to slack, which visually is tough for 
>> what we
>>         do as a
>>         mailing list.
>> 
>>         We're geeks here. Time to crack some knuckles. Not so long 
>> ago,
>>         David
>>         Gewirtz pushed through the netpress.org <http://netpress.org 
>> <http://netpress.org/>>
>>         re-do pretty successfully.
>>         Perhaps one of us can help you migrate the mailman version to
>>         something
>>         modern. I have MySQL/SQL-of-anything skills, if that's a 
>> problem. I
>>         could be a DBA if it didn't seem to require heavy 
>> high-calibre
>>         weapons.
>> 
>>         Tom
>> 
>> 
>>         On 12/13/19 3:13 PM, Daniel Dern via Ipg-smz wrote:
>>          > On Fri, 13 Dec 2019, Daniel Dern via Ipg-smz wrote:
>>          >> The least-cost account is $5.95/month, so under $10
>>         including the
>>          >> SIM, and
>>          >> (I just called and asked) you get up to five mailing 
>> lists
>>         for that
>>          >> price.
>>          >> (This account could probably also handle an IPG site, 
>> either
>>         as HTML
>>          >> or WordPress, even.)
>>          >
>>          > So that's like $100/year. I wouldn't be surprised if Pair
>>         could be
>>          > talked into comp'ing the account, even; I'd be happy to 
>> ask 'em.
>>          >
>>          > DPD
>>          >
>>          >
>>          >
>>         --
>>         Tom Henderson
>>         ExtremeLabs, Inc.
>>         +1 317 250 4646
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>>         Skype: extremelabsinc
>> 
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