XPost: uk.radio.amateur, uk.politics.misc, uk.d-i-y 
 From: usenet@stephenthomascole.com 
  
 Brian Gaff \\(Sofa\\)  wrote: 
 > I hope you are not referring to me as I have not used Yahoo in years. 
 > 
  
 No, it was Brian Reay I was referring to. He used to use Yahoo Groups to 
 host his ham radio mailing list. He€€€d often bleat about the group in terms 
 of it being some kind of Thousand Year Reich so I genned him up on what 
 Yahoo did to GeoCities and suggested that he might consider finding a new 
 home for his list if he really did want it to last long-term. Of course, he 
 pooh-poohed the thought and insisted Yahoo would never suddenly decide to 
 close and delete Groups, but here we are. Luckily for him, he did actually 
 take my advice a short while later and made the move to Groups.io but 
 there€€€s been recent suggestions that they€€€re clamping down on the free 
 mailing lists. Really, what Brian (and all mailing list owners) should be 
 doing is setting up their own hosted list system, it€€€s the only way to be 
 safe. The technology is a bit beyond Brian, though, but I€€€d be happy to 
 give him some tips if he asked. 
  
 > I do however know a lot of people who use Yahoo email and  did wonder if 
 > this could survive. 
  
 I would say €€€no chance€€€. It€€€ll eventually be shut down, with minimal 
 notice. Sooner rather than later, too. 
  
 >I also think that if we could for 
 > example buy email and  mail list access on reasonable terms that would be 
 > fine as long as isps like Virgin did not take the piss with their internet 
 > access pricing. 
  
 For email, the best bet is to buy a domain and a simple web hosting package 
 and run it all yourself. Needn€€€t cost more than €€10 per month. 
 www.briangaff.co.uk is available... 
  
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