[Lowfer] Do you Yahoo!?

Thu, 26 Feb 2004 11:36:16 -0500

> I run several Yahoo groups
what other groups do you run, if I may ask?...
Larry


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Staines" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2004 11:18 AM
Subject: RE: [Lowfer] Do you Yahoo!?


> Stewart wrote:
>
> > Sorry, I respectfully disagree with Art.
>
> I must also disagree with Art, but that will not come as a surprise to him
> as we have respectfully disagreed before (former WA1PTC waves to Art).
8-)
>
> I run several Yahoo groups and have never had a single problem. As a
matter
> of fact, I started two of the groups about 10 years ago, before yahoo
bought
> egroups.com. We did have problems when egroups owned it but once yahoo
> bought it out the problems cleared quickly.
>
> I have no problem moving to Yahoo tomorrow. The Lowfer_Notice list runs
> there, members of this list are members there and when this list tanks the
> postings pick up over there.
>
> For all the reasons noted, and with thanks to the QTH.NET guys, I hope we
> can come to a consensus and move the list.
>
> Mike
> wm1ke
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [email protected]
> > [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Stewart Nelson
> > Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 11:50 PM
> > To: [email protected]
> > Subject: Re: [Lowfer] Do you Yahoo!?
> >
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Sorry, I respectfully disagree with Art.
> >
> > > No, you don't want yahoo!
> > >
> > > I belong to 2 yahoo lists and I speak from experience. I really want
to
> > > leave them, but the content is superior, so I tolerate yahoo.
> > >
> > > Nearly every message has a yahoo inserted graphical based 'ad'.
> >
> > Yes, I do see many of those garish, often flashing ads, and they are
> > quite annoying.  They often dwarf the poster's message; you have to
> > think twice to avoid deleting the whole thing as spam.
> > However, Yahoo! only puts graphic ads in HTML mail.  The ad associated
> > with a plain text message is only four lines of plain text, discreetly
> > added at the bottom.  (The member can select an option to receive
> > such messages to HTML, but would be foolish to do so.)
> >
> > The graphic ads would not be a problem here, because we are all used to
> > posting in plain text; the lowfer reflector does not allow anything
else.
> >
> > Yahoo! is awesomely fast.  Messages are distributed in seconds, rather
> > than many minutes or sometimes hours, as we see here.
> >
> > Also, HTML can be quite useful.  Those of us on the RSGB LF reflector
> > know that posts can contain small captures, mathematical formulas,
> > waveforms, etc.  Sometimes, a picture really is worth 1000 words.
> > In those cases, I'd gladly tolerate the graphic ad.
> >
> > > I had problems accessing the file area that yahoo gives the group
> > > -- multiple emails to them went unacknowledged. The issue remains
> > > unresolved to this day.
> >
> > I belong to only one such group, and it does not have that problem.
> > But, at qth.net there is no files area at all, so we won't be any
> > worse off :)
> >
> > 73,
> >
> > Stewart KK7KA
> >
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