Scott

Seeking recommendations for a reliable, accessible platform to host a support/discussion email list/listserv/snapshot of the 90's with around 1000 members. We're with GroupsIO right now but I'm tired of their in-browser inaccessibility. Cheap would be brilliant as my group doesn't directly make money, can pay something for solid service, accessibility and responsive support though.

I probably don't fancy self-hosting this much traffic.

Boosts appreciated.

Jan 6 at 4:28pmWeb
Show threadJayson SmithJan 6
@Scott What's inaccessible about Groups.io? I host a group for an organization of writers with disabilities there, and haven't seen any problems.
Show threadScottJan 6
@jaybird110127 Reading/searching archives on the web is grim and it seems like they're A-B testing something in the back-end most times I log in. Haven't used the app for reading firsthand but I'm seeing reports that's regressing too. Support haven't replied to anything since switching on monetization, presumably because we're there for free.
Show threadJayson SmithJan 6
@Scott I don't know the address of this, but apparently there's a Beta group where support is active. There's also a Group Managers' Forum, but apparently no one from Groups.io is actually there, it's just for support among members, so that wouldn't be the right place to raise any concerns.
Show threadWorld Basement ClassicJan 6
@Scott I think @pwaring might have some ideas here.
Show threadRichard HymanJan 6
@Scott I don’t know if the Business package does mailing lists yet, but I’ve just switched accessibility online over to proton, because the web and apps on LINUX became accessible when I had my back turned.
Show threadChris SmartJan 6
@Scott Is RWP moving?
Show threadScottJan 6
@VE3RWJ Potentially, although I don't know when or where to yet.
Show threadToni BarthJan 6
@Scott RWP doesn't generate much traffic. My VPS had 83 Gigs of traffic last month, that is about 2 to 3 gigs a day, way less than my usual monthly traffic at home. What I want to say is, traffic for text like on RWP is not an argument to deny self-hosted services lol.
Show threadScottJan 6
@ToniBarth Isn't email delivery fiddly to keep consistent though? Had pretty rough reliability in the past when we were on a VPS, but admittedly I wasn't hands-on with improving that because I didn't (and still wouldn't) know what I'm doing.
Show threadToni BarthJan 6
@Scott Runs pretty smoothly here. Its not like we need to run self-hosted, but we shouldn't stop looking into that direction, just in case something comes up that looks promising.
Show threadLaurel Jean WaldenJan 6
@Scott @dhamlinmusic Mail-list.com is good. I've worked with them for over 20 years now.
Show threadScottJan 7
@laurel @dhamlinmusic Looks like it'd cost over a thousand bucks for a year with them, will have to pass on that.
Show threadLaurel Jean WaldenJan 7
@Scott @dhamlinmusic Did you correspond with Mark directly?
Show threadKhronosJan 7
@Scott Hi, I don't know if this will meet your needs, but take a look at www.freelists.org to see if they can help.