All,
Oh sorry, I didn't know you meant the lotus-cars list. I get that in digest
form and only look occasionally. Very sorry to hear of the troubles.
I hope it can be revived.
Rod
Tim Engel wrote:
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Keith Gustafson <gusmach@shore.net>
> To: chapman-era@autox.team.net <chapman-era@autox.team.net>
> Date: Friday, October 06, 2000 8:09 PM
> Subject: Lotus list
> >
> >Haven't seen any traffic in days, has that list crashed?
>
> Keith,
>
> Yes, it crashed big time. Unfortunately, the account was low-budget and
> listed as
> an "Unserviced Account"... or something like that. The bottom line is
> that it wasn't backed up. 1200 member addresses are lost, so even when...
> IF... they get it back up and running, they can't contact everyone to
> advise 'em to re-subscribe.
>
> Apparently the timing is bad as well. The list doctor, Alan Perry is
> swamped and can't deal with it right now.
>
> Some folks on the other Lotus model-specific lists have been talking about
> what can be don't to help. Either real help or $$. So far, nothing
> concrete.
>
> If you want to stay in touch, I suggest you subscribe to one of the other
> lists and keep an ear to the ground. Apparently there's some information
> on the Golden Gate Lotus Club's website. The text pasted onto the end of
> this message was snipped from the Europa List. Nothing specific, just
> chatter.
>
> Regards,
> Tim Engel
>
> *************************
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ken.landaiche@nokia.com <ken.landaiche@nokia.com>
> To: pmbsab@infi.net <pmbsab@infi.net>; RLaMoreaux@BTE-US.com
> <RLaMoreaux@BTE-US.com>
> Cc: scott@alwaysthinking.com <scott@alwaysthinking.com>;
> lotuseuropa@egroups.com <lotuseuropa@egroups.com>
> Date: Friday, October 06, 2000 11:50 AM
> Subject: the "discussion on how to proceed" (WAS RE: [lotuseuropa] Lotus L
> ist Defunct)
>
> >I imagine that most people on The List are also on the various
> >model-specific lists. If we got together a list of all of the sub lists,
> >Alan could post a message to all of them to resubscribe to The Big One when
> >it finds a new home.
> >
> >I guess that means we have started the "discussion on how to proceed". :)
> >
> >Ken Landaiche
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: EXT Peter Blackford [mailto:pmbsab@infi.net]
> >
> >I'm sure many of us have goodly portions of said list in our
> >various address books. Can we join the "discussion on how to
> >proceed" and contribute what we have to a common resource?
> >
> >Sure do miss The List!
> >
> >Pete
> >
> >
> >Rob LaMoreaux wrote:
> >>
> >> > BTW, is the Lotus list off line? I haven't had a digest show up for
> >> > several days.
> >> >
> >>
> >> This was posted on the LotusElan Email List and comes from the Golden
> >> Gate Lotus site. There have been suggestions to revive it on eGroups.
> >>
> >> Steve Bearden wrote:
> >> >
> >> > <snip>
> >> > > A few days ago I "fell off" the Lotus List.
> >> > <snip>
> >> >
> >> > . . . They posted a message from Alan Perry as follows:
> >> >
> >> > "The Lotus Cars Mailing List is currently defunct.
> >> > The computer that has been hosting the mailing list
> >> > suffered a
> >> > disk failure on September 27. The company that owns
> >> > that computer (Best/Verio) has no plans to restore the
> >> > service. Also, the company claims that the mailing
> >> > list was an "unsupported service", so it did no
> >> > back-ups on
> >> > the computer and the membership list has been lost."
> >> >
> >> > How to proceed from here is under discussion.
> >> >
> >> > Thanks for listening.
> >> >
> >> > Steve Bearden
> >>
> >> Robert D. LaMoreaux
> >> BT Electronics LLC
> >> 22700 Heslip Dr.
> >> NoVI, MI 48375
> >> Main Phone:(248)-348-6560
> >> Direct Phone:(248)-348-6504
> >> Fax:(248)-348-6558
> >> Email:RLaMoreaux@bte-us.com
> >> Alternate Email:Rob_LaMoreaux@compuserve.com
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