[HPFGU-Feedback] Re: Possible Threat to the HPFGU Family of Lists

[silverdragon at naryis.yahoo.invalid]

Rrishi wrote
>>Are there any other options in terms of websites capable of hosting 
groups like ours? I'd like to point out that Yahoo groups were 
blocked for several months this year by the government in India 
(where I live) because a small insurgent group in the northeast 
occasionally used a Yahoo group to communicate. Yahoo refused to 
block this group and thus the government in a fit of illiterate 
petulance blocked off all of Yahoo groups. Yahoo may not have caved 
that time, but in the past (with China, for instance) they have 
shown themselves willing to yield. What I mean is -- Yahoo is 
probably the biggest provider of egroup facilities anywhere on the 
Internet, so it is among the most political and visible. Can we 
think of somewhere safer?<<


Smartgroups is quite hospitable. Another list I belonged to was deleted by Yahoo (no explanation); we moved all ops to smartgroups. They have (or at least had) a zip. function for uploading files too (five at once), so it's much quicker to get the job done. It's worth a look if anyone is worried.

Nox




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