James Newton <eplus1@SAN.RR.COM> wrote:
> www.piclist.org IS NOT REGISTERED.

piclist.com is registered to Jory.

> .....pause to let that sink in.....
>
> How about one (or some) of you guys with money register it and run a server
> (maybe at iversoft?) and put the commands (and maybe the archive?) on it.
> Then each message is FROM
> "www.piclist.org [PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU]"
>
>  rather than from
>
> "pic microcontroller discussion list [PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU]"
>
>  and you have a ZERO cost reference to a web site.

Which *still* wouldn't eliminate the unsubscribe messages from illiterate
people.  Sigh.

> Anyway, it strikes me as stupid that a group as large and dedicated as the
> PICLIST has a home page under someone's personal site and relies on the
> bureaucracy of a major educational institute for changes to its handbook.

I've repeatedly offered to do this.  I've gotten resounding silence.  I'm
obviously not going to set up a new list to compete with the existing one.

It's too bad, because the mailing list software I use (qmail/ezmlm) has an
essentially foolproof means of preventing duplicate posts due to bounces
or loops.  I am very appreciative of MIT offering the use of their LISTSERV
for many years now, but it seems like moving to a more modern server would
have a lot of advantages.

Maybe we can write a list manager to run on an 18C series PIC.  :-)