Histarch is back up but I am no longer the owner of the list. One of my sponsors is. So I plan to spend the weekend copying the archives and getting the list of subscribers and then sending it to another host. *Anita Cohen* SEO and Social Media Management, MySearchGuru [image: photo] Phone: 888-325-3105 Email: [log in to unmask] Website: http://mysearchguru.com <http://twitter.com/anitasearchguru> <http://www.linkedin.com/in/mysearchguru> <http://pinterest.com/cohwill/organic-seo/> <https://www.facebook.com/mysearchguru/> <https://twitter.com/anitasearchguru> On Fri, Feb 17, 2017 at 11:44 AM, Eckstine, Nate <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Ask the ASU IT if they have backups of the server. If they do then they > could follow the help files for LSOFT and restore the list. It sounds like > the site was in heavy use with many lists but didn’t have a good system to > manage them? I would think ASU would host them until you had an alternative > in place? A year to transition a list like that is not unreasonable. > > > > I looked it up on google. Here is their site > https://lists.asu.edu/cgi-bin/wa?INDEX They have a lot of lists. I > don’t think it is an issue for them to restore the list for you > temporarily. That would be a standard business practice I would think. I > don’t easily see contact information for them though. > > > > You might try emailing [log in to unmask] to see if it is a > monitored email inbox. > > > > Here is an ASU page with phone and a contact link. > https://communityengagement.education.asu.edu/usl-listservs > > > > *From:* LISTSERV List Owners' Forum [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > *On Behalf Of *toller67 > *Sent:* Friday, February 17, 2017 10:32 AM > *To:* [log in to unmask] > *Subject:* Re: HISTARCH list has vanished completely > > > > I don't understand something. Most any IT Dept will have an archived > version of the files. Are you sure they don't? Once that is solved, then > you can find a new home. A generation of historical information is tough > to lose just so casually. > > > > Eric Johnson > > > > > > > > Sent from my Galaxy Tab® E > > > > -------- Original message -------- > > From: Ashley Dowling <[log in to unmask]> > > Date: 2/17/17 11:28 AM (GMT-06:00) > > To: [log in to unmask] > > Subject: Re: HISTARCH list has vanished completely > > > > Jumping in to share my experience. We explored the possibility of using > Google Groups when we unexpectedly lost access to our listserv via an > academia host as well. However, it didn't fit our needs and we needed a > solution that was free and up and running in 72 hours. I had quickly looked > at it but saw It had feature limitations such as number of subscribers and > emails sent and would require us to migrate domain services for email > hosting. This was a year ago when I explored this possibility; it does seem > they expanded their import/emails capacities but not sure about costs > associated with it. https://support.google.com/a/answer/6099642?hl=en > > Our solution was to migrate to MailChimp's free services and sending out > emails weekly in a digest/newsletter format and have been doing this for > free (albeit a bit more time on my end for content editing). Not the most > ideal solution but our readers enjoyed the facelift and it's working for us > for the last 12 or so months. > > -Ashley > > > ------------------------------ > > To unsubscribe from the LSTOWN-L list, click the following link: > http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/scripts/wa-PEACH.exe?SUBED1=LSTOWN-L&A=1 > > ------------------------------ > > To unsubscribe from the LSTOWN-L list, click the following link: > http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/scripts/wa-PEACH.exe?SUBED1=LSTOWN-L&A=1 > -- *Anita Cohen**, MySearchGuru* Organic SEO and Social Media Management http://mysearchguru.com @anitasearchguru <http://twitter.com/anitasearchguru> <http://www.linkedin.com/in/mysearchguru> <http://pinterest.com/cohwill/organic-seo/> <http://plus.google.com/u/0/103021485494547867385> Get a signature like this: Click here! <http://ws-promos.appspot.com/r?rdata=eyJydXJsIjogImh0dHA6Ly93d3cud2lzZXN0YW1wLmNvbS9lbWFpbC1pbnN0YWxsP3dzX25jaWQ9NjcyMjk0MDA4JnV0bV9zb3VyY2U9ZXh0ZW5zaW9uJnV0bV9tZWRpdW09ZW1haWwmdXRtX2NhbXBhaWduPXByb21vXzU3MzI1Njg1NDg3Njk3OTIiLCAiZSI6ICI1NzMyNTY4NTQ4NzY5NzkyIn0=&u=210832175545239> ############################ To unsubscribe from the LSTOWN-L list: write to: mailto:[log in to unmask] or click the following link: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/scripts/wa-PEACH.exe?SUBED1=LSTOWN-L&A=1