Date:         Tue, 27 Apr 2021 11:26:55 -0700
Reply-To:     Steve Williams <sbw@SBW.ORG>
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From:         Steve Williams <sbw@SBW.ORG>
Subject:      Re: Unreadable posts (was also: Vanagon List Archives: A
              TechnicalProblem)
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On 4/27/2021 10:11 AM, Mark McCulley wrote:
> ... Here is a quote from an email from Jim Arnott, the site administrator a few
> years ago discussing what might be involved in upgrading the software:
>
> ...  A minimum of $5k ...

First, all due respect to Jim Arnott!  I value this list and appreciate
his long service.  The following is just for information, if Jim might
be interested in migrating the list.

I run several email lists for a nonprofit group and one for a group of
sailing friends.  I'm using an independent provider that does a great job:

https://www.mailmanlists.net/en/pricing

I don't know how many subscribers Vanagon List has, but I would be
willing to cover the cost and share the cost with anyone else who values
the list.

I would be happy to help Jim migrate the list.  Or I'm willing to do the
migration.

I would need a list of subscribers.  If possible, I would need a dump of
the archive.  The provider above can import archives no problem, if
they're in a standard format.  Or I can write software to convert the
archives.  Including base64 decoding, of course.

Or I will remain a happy and understanding subscriber to Vanagon List!

More background:

I ran my own open source Mailman lists on my own server for years.  At
some point, I found I was more interested in other projects, so I was
glad to find mailmanlists.net.

My sailing friends list has just a few subscribers.  Here is our web site:

https://marker12.org/

The largest list I manage has about 4,500 subscribers.  Here's the web
site of that nonprofit:

https://baychi.org/subscribe/