I am going to miss Baba-l showing up in my mailbox to distract me
from work at hand.

And, not that I understand this all very well, but, what about an RSS
feed. Is that a possibility:
This is all I know about the subject:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSS_(file_format)

RSS content can be read using
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki//wiki/Software>software called a "feed
reader" or an
"<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki//wiki/Aggregators>aggregator." The
user subscribes to a feed by entering the feed's link into the reader
or by clicking an RSS icon in a browser that initiates the
subscription process. The reader checks the user's subscribed feeds
regularly for new content, downloading any updates that it finds.

But, could this not be set up so we can get a Baba feed???

Anyway, thank you all for all of this work.

Alan

ps I have some archives back earlier than 2002

At 02:27 PM 6/15/2007, you wrote:
>Hi All,
>
>Sorry for the long message, but there?s a lot of info I need to
>convey. You might even want to print this one out. There?s some
>procedural stuff at the end you might want a paper copy of.
>
>Some of you may know that the Baba list is changing formats. The Baba
>list has always been an email-based forum. We have archives dating
>back to 2002, but it existed well before that. Unfortunately a lot of
>things have changed on the internet, especially with email. Rick
>Emerson administered the list for years until his ISP wouldn?t let him
>do it any more. Then we moved the list to a commercial ?groups? site,
>but they changed their rules and our ?free? list became a ?pay? list.
>I took over the list in 2005 and have been running it on my server
>since then. It?s been a fun project and no one has benefited from the
>list content more than I have. However, the demands of the list on my
>time have grown steadily since I took it over. Currently, two thirds
>of the emails to the list are SPAM. At any given time 10% of the
>subscribers to this list can?t receive emails from it because of
>problems or restrictions at their ISPs. I don?t believe the
>doom-criers who say that ?email is dead?, but I do believe that email
>is very sick. It?s no longer a good medium for a list like Baba-L.
>These issues come on top of increased demands for my time in other
>areas (like work and cruising) and have made it very clear to me that
>it is time to step down as the list administrator.
>
>After a lot of consideration and discussion behind the scenes, Rick
>Beddoe has stepped forwarded to carry the torch into the future. Rick
>has set up a web-based forum which will take the place of the current
>mailing list. This will take some getting-used-to for everyone
>(including me) as the procedures are different and it won?t have the
>immediacy of an email-based list. However, I think that if we all give
>this new format our support we can get past the initial growing pains
>and create a very accessible community. We know that only a fraction
>of the Baba/Panda/Tashiba owners subscribe to the list. Hopefully we
>can create a place on the web where those people will feel comfortable.
>
>Ok, enough with the announcement. Now for some instructions?
>
>The biggest difference with the new form is the registration process.
>EVERYONE has to register. I had to register. Being a subscriber to the
>mailing list does not count as a forum registration. Registering is
>EASY! Here?s how you do it?
>
>Step one is to go to http://sail2live.com/baba/ which is the current
>home page for the Baba web site.
>
>Step two is to click on the ?BBS? link on the left side of the page.
>This will bring you to the main forum page.
>
>The third step is to click on the ?Register? link on the bar above the
>?Baba BBS? title. This will take you to a registration page where you
>will have to enter some info about yourself.
>
>You will need to choose a ?username?. This will be your visible name
>on the forum. My user name is Cindy (pretty creative, huh?) which is
>how I sign my emails on the mailing list. You could use your name,
>your boat name, your nickname, or any kind of identifying handle that
>you?d like.
>
>You will need to enter your email address. Why do you need an email
>address for a web-based forum? This is partially for security reasons,
>but mostly so Rick can contact you if there are problems.
>
>You will need to choose a password. You wouldn?t want someone
>pretending to be you and saying all kinds of embarrassing things,
>would you? So choose a password that you can easily remember, but
>which others won?t be likely to guess. (Your boat?s name might not be
>a good password.) You?ll have to enter your password twice. This
>insures that you?ve entered it correctly.
>
>Now comes the more difficult part. Evil people have written software
>than can wander around the internet signing up for forums and posting
>SPAM to them. Nowadays, most forums have some kind of security feature
>that only humans can complete. This keeps most of the ?bots? out while
>letting the people in. The security feature on the Baba form is a
>little math problem. You?ll be presented with a series of math
>problems and be asked to solve one of them. Here?s an example?
>
> What is the result of the arithmetic problem on line 3?
> (25*11)-28=?
> (12+3) * 16=?
> 132+81-51=?
> 134-16=?
>
>You should do the specified problem and enter the result (numbers
>only) into the provided box. You can do the equation in your head, use
>paper, use a calculator, or do like I did and enter it into Google.
>(Did you know that Google could be used as a calculator? It?s very
>cool!)
>
>That?s it for the required stuff!!! However, if you want, you can
>select from a list of features to customize how the forum works for
>you. None of it is difficult and it can all be changed later if you?d
>like things to work differently.
>
>So now, you?ve jumped through all of the hoops and you can click on
>the send button. You should see a confirmation message on the screen.
>After a very short time you should also get a confirmation email sent
>to the email address that you specified during the registration
>process. I?m not sure how it?s done on the back end, but after you?ve
>been ?verified? (perhaps Rick is checking names against the mailing
>list) you?ll receive a verification email informing you that you can
>now post to the forum.
>
>Reading these instructions makes the whole process seem much more
>difficult than it really is. It?s all quite self-explanatory and easy.
>Everybody on the list should do it right away. I?m going to leave the
>mailing list up until the 22nd so we can talk about any problems
>people may be having getting registered.
>
>People who own boats in the Baba family are clearly fans of tradition.
>I know that the Baba-L mailing list (in all of its incarnations) has
>been a tradition we?ve all enjoyed. Unfortunately, the time has come
>to make a change. I encourage everyone to give Rick Beddoe all of your
>support and help in the difficult task of taking the Baba list into
>the future.
>
>Thanks for taking the time to read all this. Please feel free to email
>me on or off the list if you have questions. Remember, the plan is
>that the Baba-L list will shut it?s doors on June 22.
>
>Your humble (but tired) list admin...
>
>Cindy
>s/v Mandisa
>Baba 30 #218
>
>
>
>
>
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