Hi John A Hugh has just posted your information is inaccurate The basic list is free and has a 1GB storage limit But as you will see that does not include messages From their FAQs What Is Counted Towards The Storage Limits For My Group? The following are counted towards the storage limits for your group: Files Photos Images in databases Images in wiki pages Message attachments Messages themselves are not counted towards the storage limits, only any attachments. What Happens If I Go Over My Storage Limits? We send you a warning when you've reached 80% of your storage limit. You can configure your group to either bounce messages when you've reached your storage limit, or to automatically delete old attachments to keep you under the storage limit. Photos and files are never automatically deleted. So if all you have are messages, its limitless Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) On 09/01/2020 21:56, John W. Kitz wrote: > Nivard, > > Having followed various exchanges on Dutch genealogy groups on the topic of > genealogy mailing lists it is my understanding that the service of groups.io > is not free of charge, which may be an issue when choosing an alternative > for other similar services that have so far been free of charge. >

On Thu, 9 Jan 2020, Nivard Ovington wrote: > Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2020 06:11:28 > From: Nivard Ovington <ovington.one@gmail.com> > Reply-To: london@rootsweb.com > To: london@rootsweb.com > Subject: [LONDON] Re: Demise of rootsweb lists > > Hi John > > A Hugh has just posted your information is inaccurate > > The basic list is free and has a 1GB storage limit > > But as you will see that does not include messages > > From their FAQs > > What Is Counted Towards The Storage Limits For My Group? > > The following are counted towards the storage limits for your group: > > Files > Photos > Images in databases > Images in wiki pages > Message attachments > > Messages themselves are not counted towards the storage limits, only any > attachments. > What Happens If I Go Over My Storage Limits? > We send you a warning when you've reached 80% of your storage limit. You can > configure your group to either bounce messages when you've reached your > storage limit, or to automatically delete old attachments to keep you under > the storage limit. Photos and files are never automatically deleted. > > > > So if all you have are messages, its limitless > > Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > > On 09/01/2020 21:56, John W. Kitz wrote: >> Nivard, >> >> Having followed various exchanges on Dutch genealogy groups on the topic of >> genealogy mailing lists it is my understanding that the service of >> groups.io >> is not free of charge, which may be an issue when choosing an alternative >> for other similar services that have so far been free of charge. >> > > _______________________________________________ > To Post to this list: > london@rootsweb.com > > Contact the Listowner: > Dee Pavey > london-owner@rootsweb.com > In the footer above, is stated that Dee Pavey is the list administrator. We need to see what that person says. I note that, also, the Middlesex and Oxfordshire lists so far have no mention of the closure of the Rootsweb lists, or, or of any plans for the future. -- Bret Busby Armadale West Australia .............. "So once you do know what the question actually is, you'll know what the answer means." - Deep Thought, Chapter 28 of Book 1 of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: A Trilogy In Four Parts", written by Douglas Adams, published by Pan Books, 1992 ....................................................