Thanks John, Yes I have been on the net since around 1995 or so too and there has been a lot of changes. I already have a yahoo ID sign on etc. I did it so long ago that the default email in there is my often-not-used yahoo mail account. Gotta change it but it does keep my main email somewhat uncluttered I guess (point/counter point SNL sketch comedy). Boy can they get outta hand...numbers of emails I mean. I have been on the Nor'Sea group for many years over there and is sure is nice to have photos/photo albums. It made my full restoration on the NS 27 easier. The Monty FD restoration was more difficult without this type of resource for sure. I know the yahoo owners site is not currently active and looks like it never was more than a list but it is there and could be used for the purposes we're looking for. Just some thoughts for you guys who are using this forum more regularly. Sounds like you're aware of that pre-established yahoo group already. I'll wait to see what shakes loose for a place for current and future photos! Best to all, Tim J Nor'Sea 27 "Dark Star" Monty 17 Flush Deck "66" Nor'Sea pram dinghy On Fri, Jan 29, 2016 at 1:31 AM, John Schinnerer <john@eco-living.net> wrote:
On 01/28/2016 04:55 AM, Timothy JarviMD wrote:
I agree with the Yahoo site. It works well for the NorSea owners group (me included). The Montgomery Owners site exists there already. It was previously set up by Sean Mulligan (sp?) from Lake Havasu, AZ. It is a pain that all the communication goes through the yahoo mail server. That means it's practically the only mail I get from yahoo and I have to check it separately from my gmail.
You do not need to use a yahoo e-mail address for a yahoo group. You do need to create a yahoo ID to log into Yahoo services, but then you can add any other e-mail accounts to your profile and use any one of them to get mail from a given group.
I am a member of about half a dozen yahoo groups but don't use my yahoo login/e-mail address for any of them, I use this address.
The yahoo group says it's only for an owner registry and nothing else. So far that appears true - there are no messages, and photos are not enabled.
I think it would be good to enable photos on the yahoo group so there would be someplace to put pics and albums of pics. A link to those relevant to a post here could be included in the post.
Forums, like this mailman list, don't have any individual photo or photo album capability. Pics are specific to a forum post so one has to go searching through the forum. There can be a photo/album repository such as a yahoo group and also this list. Can be both-and, doesn't have to be either-or.
I'm not clear what the MSOG site update will be, let's see what happens. Can you say more - what platform are you upgrading to, will it be self-subscribe & self-manage one's own content?
I have been on the 'net since back when it was a small, mostly friendly, completely non-commercial virtual space and the world wide web was not quite invented yet. Some things have changed a lot, and some have not at all...;-)
cheers, John S.
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