My feeling is that we don't want to do multiple mailings to anyone, so if people have extensive personal archives, it would be best if we were able to merge the lists prior to the first mailing (to weed out duplicates). Shawn, would you be willing to accept lists from people and do that merge with your spreadsheet?
The next task would be to find a way to send a message to lots of recipients without having to cut and paste the addresses into a GUI-based mailer. I don't have access to a batch mailer, so it would probably have to be someone else. I'm happy to provide the text of the email--it would be similar to what I first sent out to a few folks when I created this list.
--Steve On 02/09/2015 04:21 PM, Bruce Beck wrote:
I have many issues going back to 12-07On Mon, Feb 9, 2015 at 5:06 PM, Kenneth Irving <kenneth.irving@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:kenneth.irving@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:That can be of great help. How should we proceed? Any suggestions? 2015-02-09 19:50 GMT-02:00 <shawn.mchatten@xxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:shawn.mchatten@xxxxxxxxxxx>>: I kept all 6800 messages from when I joined back on Feb 12, 2009. Coincidence or what. I've culled the 700 messages or so from the last year and a half, from Jan 1, 2012 to mid June 2013 when the list shut down. There were around 100 contributors in those 700 messages that I can drag the email addresses out of if that would help. It will only be those that actually posted but might be a start. Shawn On 2015-02-09 16:06, Steve Peterson wrote: > As I said, I did look through the archive for the old list but the > problem was that the list had been so erratic for so many months that > the only archive that remained online only had posts by a few > individuals. IIRC, there had been some problem switching over from an > old server and the really old (and really useful) archive was no > longer available. Now I see that even the archive that I looked > through is no longer online (not surprising, I guess). Dave McCue, if > you can reach him, *might* have some old stuff lying around, but I > wouldn't hold out much hope. > > --Steve > > > On 02/09/2015 12:15 PM, Richard Nakka wrote: >> Dave McCue, former SugPro list moderator, may have those files. >> >> >> On Mon, Feb 9, 2015 at 1:19 PM, Kenneth Irving <kenneth.irving@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:kenneth.irving@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote: >>> What happened to the old list files? Are they still available somewhere? >>> Because maybe it could be useful to scrub all the emails from it and send >>> invitations to the former subscribers to join the new list, in case they are >>> interested. I can help with that, but I'd need access to the old list files. >>> >>> 2015-02-09 17:12 GMT-02:00 Steve Peterson <steve_peterson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:steve_peterson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>>: >>>> Only a couple of dozen people have subscribed. I'm sure the link will >>>> help...as will Michael's effort. I'm a noob at list moderation and only >>>> "signed up" to do this because no one else was making any visible effort to >>>> get the list going again. As for Michael's question about the Freelists >>>> "webpage", I have no idea what Freelists means by that and I haven't had any >>>> time to really dig down and investigate it. Maybe it should point to >>>> Richard's site--it's got to be the most complete (not to mention >>>> safety-oriented) site out there. >>>> --Steve >>>> >>>> >>>> On 02/09/2015 09:17 AM, Richard Nakka wrote: >>>>> Steve, >>>>> Just wondering, how many people are currently on this new list? I was >>>>> under the impression that the 'whole group' from SugPro was on >>>>> it....guess I was wrong. I've also been wondering how may people are >>>>> still active in sugar rocketry. I've been particularly active the past >>>>> 6 months or so, immensely enjoying building and launching KNSB >>>>> powered rockets. >>>>> >>>>> I will add a link on my website to the new list. >>>>> >>>>> Richard >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Mon, Feb 9, 2015 at 10:31 AM, Steve Peterson >>>>> <steve_peterson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:steve_peterson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote: >>>>>> As the moderator and re-creator of the list, I did once consider trying >>>>>> to >>>>>> contact everyone on the old list but I wasn't able to scavenge enough >>>>>> email >>>>>> addresses from the old list's archive to make it worth the effort. I >>>>>> still >>>>>> hope that people will pass the word along and we'll get most of the old >>>>>> members back. However, I have to say that I'm beginning to wonder just >>>>>> how >>>>>> many people are still active with sugar propellants (or even rocketry in >>>>>> general). >>>>>> >>>>>> --Steve >>>>>> >>>>>> On 02/09/2015 07:59 AM, Kenneth Irving wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Michael: yes, it's a shame that the list list was recreated but the >>>>>> users >>>>>> weren't told or weren't included by default in the new list. That >>>>>> would've >>>>>> simplified everything. A long time has passed and the community has been >>>>>> lost. I hope it can be recreated. >>>>>> >>>>>> best regards >>>>>> Kenneth >>>>>> >>>>>> 2015-02-09 13:14 GMT-02:00 Michael Monteith >>>>>> <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>>: >>>>>>> Looks like the old list is gone. I think the biggest problem is people >>>>>>> don't know how to find this list. If this works maybe I can send to >>>>>>> people >>>>>>> I know and pass the word around. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Michael Monteith >>>>>>> >>>> >>