Kabir,
Thanks for that insight. I must admit I am clueless when it comes to
setting up mailing lists.

Malanding

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>Malanding,
>
>I think the choice here is a simple one; if Gambia-talk can host the list it will be an ideal solution to the problem as far as I am concerned. Both criteria will have been met I suppose...
>
>What I know about Yahoo! Groups is that as long as the list exists the archives will be available. As of lifting them in their entirety, I do not know.
>
>My fear with Gambia-talk is the question of individual email distribution. As far as I understand, subscribers have to log into the site in order to access mail. I had requested clarification on the issue from Bamba Laye but none was forthcoming at the time.
>
>Individual email distribution is most ideal especially with regards to keeping interest for the list alive. Going by myself, I was an active contributor when The Gambia-talk mailing list offered email distribution but I can count the number of times I logged into the site after the migration and quickly lost interest either because I simply forgot to do so, or kept putting it off. So for the sake of the list I hope Gambia-talk can offer email distribution, in which Gambia-L may have finally found a permanent home.
>
>Regards,
>
>Kabir.
>
>PS: For the record, my offer was not to 'lead' a Yahoo! Group but to 'create' one.
>
>
>
>Malanding Jaiteh <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>Folks,
>We knew all along that it was in the works but it now final! St Johns
>University our host has set date to discontinue Maelstrom. Come Feb 1
>2006 we must find a new place for the Bantanta. Already a couple of
>people have offered to host it. Amadou Kabir Njie offered to lead a
>Yahoo group by the same name and Abdoulie Jallow (BambaLaye) has offered
>Gambia-talk services to host Gambia-l . In any case we must seek to
>maintain a few core values. 1. access and control over the archives and
>2. open and free spirited debate environment. A number of people
>supported BambaLaye offer based on believe that we as a community would
>have more control over the archives than with the Yahoo group situation.
>Whether this is real or not I am not computent to say.
>
>Perhaps it is about time to set a timetable for migrating to our new
>host and make sure things are working before the Feb deadline.
>
>We thank St Johns for all the service and wish Gambia-l a new and better
>home.
>
>Malanding Jaiteh
>
>
>
>-------- Original Message --------
>Subject: ADMIN: Disconnect of Maelstrom service
>Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2005 10:28:13 -0400
>From: Official Announcement
>Reply-To: Owners of lists on MAELSTROM
>To: [log in to unmask]
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>This posting is on the ADMIN topic, please be careful with replies.
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>Disconnect of Maelstrom service:
>
>The University is no longer in a position to support the Maelstrom
>List Service. As of February 1, 2006, St. John's will discontinue
>the service.
>
>List owners should make arrangements to migrate to another service
>prior to the disconnect date.
>
>St. John's University
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