[Lowfer] Do you Yahoo!?

Thu, 26 Feb 2004 11:51:43 -0500

Hi, Larry...

I run 4 groups:

LHHS73
Lowfer_Notice

and two self-help or mentoring groups that I prefer not to list here.

Regards,
Mike
wm1ke

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of ve3fxq
> Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2004 11:36 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [Lowfer] Do you Yahoo!?
>
>
> > 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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