I am pondering a facility where any subscribed person can send a message
to an address and all subscribed people then see this.

Very much like the old style mailing lists but brought up to date for smart
(ish) phones.

Twitter seemed an obvious candidate for distributing a single message to
all subscribers (watchers) but accepting and filtering an incoming Tweet
and automatically Retweeting seems more of an issue.

A mailing list might be an option (proven technology) but I am not sure
that the proposed user base has anything more sophisticated than SMS in
common.

Any suggestions most welcome.

Cheers


Dave R



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David wrote:
I am pondering a facility where any subscribed person can send a message
to an address and all subscribed people then see this.

Very much like the old style mailing lists but brought up to date for smart
(ish) phones.

Twitter seemed an obvious candidate for distributing a single message to
all subscribers (watchers) but accepting and filtering an incoming Tweet
and automatically Retweeting seems more of an issue.

A mailing list might be an option (proven technology) but I am not sure
that the proposed user base has anything more sophisticated than SMS in
common.

Any suggestions most welcome.

Cheers


Dave R



You can set up a yahoo group that remains private and you as admin/owner
invite members to join. They then opt for emails relayed out as you
suggest or a daily digest, admin email only or no email at all.
Emails go out to a given email address and up to them if they can see
that on their phones.
I run one of these for my old school year class mates and it works well.
Includes file areas where members can store documents/photo albums for
all members to see.

Bob

En el artículo , David
escribió:

I am pondering a facility where any subscribed person can send a message
to an address and all subscribed people then see this.

WhatsApp. Supports groups.

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However this does not help anyone not on line with no twitter app.
Yahoo is rubbish, Never touch it. groups.io is probably a better bet,
muchmore configerable and less prone to spam.

Brian

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David wrote:
I am pondering a facility where any subscribed person can send a message
to an address and all subscribed people then see this.

Very much like the old style mailing lists but brought up to date for
smart
(ish) phones.

Twitter seemed an obvious candidate for distributing a single message to
all subscribers (watchers) but accepting and filtering an incoming Tweet
and automatically Retweeting seems more of an issue.

A mailing list might be an option (proven technology) but I am not sure
that the proposed user base has anything more sophisticated than SMS in
common.

Any suggestions most welcome.

Cheers


Dave R



You can set up a yahoo group that remains private and you as admin/owner
invite members to join. They then opt for emails relayed out as you
suggest or a daily digest, admin email only or no email at all.
Emails go out to a given email address and up to them if they can see that
on their phones.
I run one of these for my old school year class mates and it works well.
Includes file areas where members can store documents/photo albums for all
members to see.

Bob

On Mon, 17 Jul 2017 14:31:22 +0100, Mike Tomlinson wrote:

En el artÃ*culo , David
escribió:

I am pondering a facility where any subscribed person can send a message
to an address and all subscribed people then see this.

WhatsApp. Supports groups.

Sorry.

Should have mentioned WhatsApp.

In theory it is fine but somehow it feels a bit too personal; probably
because we use it for all our family chit chat. Not a logical reason,
really.


Cheers


Dave R


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On Mon, 17 Jul 2017 13:50:42 +0100, Bob Minchin wrote:

David wrote:
I am pondering a facility where any subscribed person can send a
message to an address and all subscribed people then see this.

Very much like the old style mailing lists but brought up to date for
smart (ish) phones.

Twitter seemed an obvious candidate for distributing a single message
to all subscribers (watchers) but accepting and filtering an incoming
Tweet and automatically Retweeting seems more of an issue.

A mailing list might be an option (proven technology) but I am not sure
that the proposed user base has anything more sophisticated than SMS in
common.

Any suggestions most welcome.

Cheers


Dave R



You can set up a yahoo group that remains private and you as admin/owner
invite members to join. They then opt for emails relayed out as you
suggest or a daily digest, admin email only or no email at all.
Emails go out to a given email address and up to them if they can see
that on their phones.
I run one of these for my old school year class mates and it works well.
Includes file areas where members can store documents/photo albums for
all members to see.

Bob

The problem (opportunity) I am trying to solve is for a cycling group.

Long term planning is fine via a web forum but I'm looking for a facility
where you can send, for example, "Anyone up for a 10 mile ride in 2 hours
time?".

Sounds ideal for almost any kind of instant messaging application.

Whatever happened to IRC, by the way?

I'm slightly conflicted by trying to find a solution which can include
older "dumb" phones and possibly also work with PCs.

More requirements capture needed, just trying to work out an initial
proposal.

Cheers


Dave R


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On Mon, 17 Jul 2017 13:50:42 +0100, Bob Minchin wrote:

David wrote:
I am pondering a facility where any subscribed person can send a
message to an address and all subscribed people then see this.

Very much like the old style mailing lists but brought up to date for
smart (ish) phones.

Twitter seemed an obvious candidate for distributing a single message
to all subscribers (watchers) but accepting and filtering an incoming
Tweet and automatically Retweeting seems more of an issue.

A mailing list might be an option (proven technology) but I am not sure
that the proposed user base has anything more sophisticated than SMS in
common.

Any suggestions most welcome.

Cheers


Dave R



You can set up a yahoo group that remains private and you as admin/owner
invite members to join. They then opt for emails relayed out as you
suggest or a daily digest, admin email only or no email at all.
Emails go out to a given email address and up to them if they can see
that on their phones.
I run one of these for my old school year class mates and it works well.
Includes file areas where members can store documents/photo albums for
all members to see.

Bob

The problem (opportunity) I am trying to solve is for a cycling group.

Long term planning is fine via a web forum but I'm looking for a facility
where you can send, for example, "Anyone up for a 10 mile ride in 2 hours
time?".

Sounds ideal for almost any kind of instant messaging application.

Whatever happened to IRC, by the way?

I'm slightly conflicted by trying to find a solution which can include
older "dumb" phones and possibly also work with PCs.

More requirements capture needed, just trying to work out an initial
proposal.

Cheers


Dave R

Be aware that SMS text on 'dumb' phones is not always instant, and can be
delayed by far more than two hours.
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Dave W