Mailing Lists Have Disappeared

[Suzee]

The issues with the extensions in the forums have been fixed. Some of them had been disabled somehow. I've enabled them and the sidebar is now visible again.

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We've spoken to GoDaddy and they have agreed to try a restore at some point today. So you may see the websites blink. If this works and our lists come back great. If after my close of business on the West Coast of the US, we still don't have lists. I will set about creating new ones.  I will send out invitations to all current members and lurkers so you can rejoin them.

Then we can once again get to reading your great stories.

I do ask that when we get the lists back up you please resend anything from the last week.

Thanks!!

[Chelle]

So.....as far as RBW/SWE/SSH/SSH-SH those are my areas. I had actually just caught up timelining all the current posts so they are all on site minus the ones that were late which we don't timeline. So yeah everything should be there as long as they weren't late. Generally speaking I keep everything in my inbox from my area and don't remove them till they're timelined. But anyway, we'll figger it out. Now is the time to get all those posts ready for when we get lists again.

[Suzee]

So I have good news and bad news.

Bad News:
Godaddy (once we finally got through to someone who really knew what was going on) has finally admitted they have deactivated Mailman across the board. This is the software that managed our mailing lists. So even if they were to 'restore' the site there is no guarantee we'd would get Mailman back. So, our lists/archives are gone. To say that I'm pissed doesn't even begin to cover it.

They say they notified me but I went through the email and there was nothing sent regarding turning off the lists.

So the council has to make some decisions. We can move the site again to another host. We can try to find another software that does the same thing. Or we can find another way to do our posting. All of that must be discussed and put before the members.

Good News:
With the help of Amanda and Chelle, we've tested using Google Groups which seems to work almost like Mailman did. Of course this is only a temporary solution but you can go and join the group. It's private so the contents will only be seen by members. This can either be a temporary or permanent solution once we figure out what we're going to do.

Instructions:

Subscribe: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/triadweyrs
Set up your preferences. You will be able to EMAIL your posts to the group and it will be sent out to the membership almost like mailman did. (very close.)

Send your posts to: triadweyrs@googlegroups.com

I'm still working the problem and and trying to come up with a solution that won't cost the council or the club a bunch of $$.

Request:
If you could please send any posts you have sent to the old list in the last week to the new list? It would help us recover anything we might have missed for time lining purposes.

Thanks

[Paula]

Can I borrow you some swear words? You may not undertand a thing but it's the meaning that counts. And Finnish language is very well suited for cursing. All those sibilant S's and growly R's.

[Mirren]

I'm so sorry, that must be devastating after all the work you put into this.

[Leigh]

To borrow a phrase from Japan, GoDaddy can hit its head on a corner of tofu and die. If I ever have a website, it won't be with them.

[Mirren]

So do we send new posts to the Google list or wait for now?

[Suzee]

You can go ahead and send to the google group. I'll be sending invites out to all members who haven't yet signed up later today. I'm also still looking for another more permanent solution, such as another list service.  We're going to do this as quickly as possible so thanks for your patience.

[Jelena]

Gah, stupid companies with no regard for their customers.. -_- Thank you for all the work you are putting in Suzee!!!

[Miriah]

Yes, thank you! I finally got updated on what's going on. That's what being overworked does to me :P

[Suzee]

Just a reminder for those of you who may not yet know we've created google groups for the two main mailing lists.  I've linked them in the original post but you can join both the regular mailing list AND the Adult list there.

• https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/triadweyrs
• https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/adults_triad

[Suzee]

Just a reminder to those of you who care. We do still have an adult mailing list if you want to sign up.  I know not all of you wish to and that is understood. I just had a comment from a member that didn't realize it was still available.   The link is in the original post above, if you wish to join.