Dear David and bulbophiles, I think that switching to Google Groups is a important and almost essential move for the PBS. Since the conception of the PBS 15 years ago, we have been on the ibiblio server. We liked using them because they supported self-archiving and at the beginning of the internet, they were great. It seems that they can no longer keep up with evolving technology and we too must change the way we operate. With Google we can also do self-archiving so we do not need to worry about losing all the precious knowledge discussed on this list. For a long time, members of this forum has asked for images and David explored that option behind the scenes. I think that a switch to Google Groups will not only facilitate messages being delivered, we will have the added advantage of images as well. Size limitation isn't bad and for the most part. If you prefer to show large images, simply link them from elsewhere or drop them in from your Google Drive (if you use Google services such as Gmail, you will already have free storage space with Google). This is very do-able. A while back I sent out a survey to our list members and the majority supported a switch. On the user end, you don't need to do anything different. Simply write to the PBS List as you had always been using your favorite emailing program and you can even attach small-sized images. I think everyone will enjoy the new service. Best, Nhu Nguyen President, PBS On Wed, Apr 19, 2017 at 2:13 AM, Jane Mcgary <janemcgary@earthlink.net> wrote: > Having suffered from the spam block issue, I'm in favor of the proposed > move. I would hope however, that members would be conservative about > including photos in consideration of those for whom high speed internet > isn't available. > Jane McGary, Portland, Oregon, USA > Writing from Rome, where the wifi is nice and fast > > > Sent from my iPad > > > On Apr 19, 2017, at 1:26 PM, David Pilling <david@davidpilling.com> > wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > In the last week Ibiblio (our host) has changed the addresses attached > to messages. If you have set up folder routing your messages may now be > appearing somewhere other than their usual place. > > > > There has been some internal chat about moving the list to Google groups. > > > > The plus side is the possibility of including photos, retaining an email > interface and avoiding the spam blocks [1] which are becoming more frequent. > > > > If anyone thinks a move to Google groups is a bad idea, let me know. > > > > > > > > [1] > > Service providers (e.g. AOL, Earthlink, Comcast) will often block all > posts from the Ibiblio mail list machine - I then have to fill in forms and > beg them to remove the block. > > > > > > -- > > David Pilling > > http://www.davidpilling.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > > pbs mailing list > > pbs@mailman1.ibiblio.org > > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@mailman1.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@mailman1.ibiblio.org http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/