Close down CANLIST ? was --> RE: Single ended termination

All,

If I might offer a suggestion:  Migrate to Groups.io?  (https://groups.io/g=
roups )    I recently did a migration of a local mailing list that too was =
started long ago, and the operators were growing weary of the cost / effort=
 to maintain a hosted mailing list server.

They offer the ability to 'import' and existing mailing list addresses for =
the paid account, but one only needs to do that for 1 month at a cost of $2=
0 before reverting back to free access that likely would serve the needs fo=
r a list like this (It use to be always be free, but with the closing of Ya=
hoo mailing lists, the groups.io people were flooded with requests, so they=
 had to fall back to their automated service in the paid account, but chang=
ed terms that one could revert to the free account after 1 month)

With so many other 'forums', I too have avoided the more social media ones,=
 FB, etc.   Myself, I prefer an Emailing list; and even if the traffic is l=
ight will offer that my experience this past month does show there is still=
 some life left in it!

Just an idea,

-al-





-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:canlist-owner@vector-info=
rmatik.com] On Behalf Of - -
Sent: Friday, February 12, 2021 9:26 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: [CANLIST] Single ended termination

Hello Andreas,

sincere thanks for providing, hosting and managing the list over the years.

Regrettably I have to agree, it's becoming silent in the CAN world.
My company started the first CAN device (an DSP-402-drive) back in the late=
 nineties.
We had many CAN products since then and even some very special setups (i.e.=
 CAN over plastic fiber in an magnetic resonance medical device).
But focus shifted, nowadays we do most of our new stuff for ethernet varian=
ts like Profinet or Ethercat.
Yes, we still sell CAN stuff, but no new developed devices.

It was always fun following the list, i.e. Johns articles about the Olympic=
 rings were absolute highlights.
The list was very informative, educative and always a good place to ask spe=
cial questions.

But times are changing, for me it's now still fun reading here but not long=
er something I need for work.
So from my side it's absolutely ok to turn off the list if it's getting dif=
ficult running it in a secure way.

Thanks again
  Matthias

> Neubauer, Andreas <[email protected]> hat am 12.02.2021 16:46 g=
eschrieben:
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> Hi John,
> the list has a long history indeed, and the experienced contributors like=
 you are what makes it worthwhile in the first place. I always really enjoy=
ed managing the list, but I notice that the community has become smaller an=
d smaller over the years (585 subscribers currently, 95% of them have been =
silent for years). We had less than 20 threads last year, so I wonder if it=
 still makes sense to keep the list up and running to be honest. The majord=
omo software it runs on must be shut down soon because it has long been out=
dated (no updates available). It=E2=80=99s possible to migrate to a hosted =
list service, but is it worth the effort? It might be more rational to cons=
ider closing the list. What do you think?
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> Andreas
> CANLIST Administration
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> From: [email protected] <canlist-owner@vector-informati=
k.com> On Behalf Of John Dammeyer
> Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2021 10:06 AM
> To: 'CAN Mailinglist' <[email protected]>
> Subject: RE: [CANLIST] Single ended termination
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> Works like a charm.  Thanks for that.
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> I was just privately commenting to Heikki about the history of this CAN l=
ist and how it spawned from comp.arch.embedded  (1997) and from there Ken T=
indell formed the original group.  When Ken left Univeristy of Upsalla  Vec=
tor kindly took it over without any advertising or prejudice.  So impressiv=
e in this day and age.
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> So thanks again and to you and Vector for supporting a non-partisan open =
forum.
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> John Dammeyer
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