Actually I think you will find that if the 'crappy' groups are managed properly that you will get less irrelevent messages. For those who don't like off-topic stuff this would be much better. I'm not suggesting we have hundreds (we may already have all the ones we need in fact: (juniors, women, GB)
I think we should pay for the premium no-ads service from which ever provider we go for. Ben ----- Original Message ----- From: "Fraser Macrae" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Ben Ravilious" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: 28 March 2002 14:01 Subject: RE: e-groups > I like the format of britdisc at the moment with everything to do with UK > Ultimate in the one place. I don't like the idea of lots of little crappy > groups, I'm subscribed to enough already. but if you chose yahoogroups, > there is an automatic archive, you can have a daily digest of read the > messages on the web, etc. It does have an annoying advert added to the > bottom of every email though.. > my tupence > Fraser > (Sneeeky's, Fusion) > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Ben Ravilious > Sent: 28 March 2002 09:34 > To: BRITDISC > Subject: e-groups > > > We do need to set up some new email lists for everyone. > > I think Britdisc is quite vunerable to spam because its not moderated > automatically (you don't have to be subscribed to post to it) > > I think we'll probably go for yahoogroups or something similar (anyone got > any advice/preferences?) Having an daily digest feature would be good. > Having a separate announcement-only list would be popular too. I also thing > we should make sure there is a choice of special interest groups as Britdisc > is a bit vague in its purpose. > > Thoughts and suggestions welcome (a Britdisc debate?) > > Ben > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Andrew Godber" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: 28 March 2002 08:41 > Subject: RE: Virus Alert - ScanMail for Lotus Notes-->Snowhite and the Seven > Dwarfs - The REAL story! > > > > Why do we get these kind of messages through? Is it because of an > > advertising clause somewhere? and if so, is the best idea to run a new > > e-group through the remarkably cheap Webleicester package that UKU have > > negotiated for the website? I don't mind the occasional advert coming > > through on the thing, but attachments with viruses are another matter all > > together. > > > > Any thoughts/ideas/wonderful solutions from anyone? > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: 28 March 2002 08:12 > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Virus Alert - ScanMail for Lotus Notes-->Snowhite and the Seven > > Dwarfs - The REAL story! > > > > > > All, > > > > My work virus checker picked up a virus within "Joke.exe" in "Snowhite and > > the Seven Dwarfs - The REAL story!" from "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" which came > > via britdisc.... > > > > Balti > > BAF 34 > > ----- Forwarded by James Hewitson/FIN/Life/UK/Zurich on 28/03/02 08:17 > > ----- > > > > > > Antivirus.Postmaster@ > > > > zurich.com To: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > cc: > > > > 27/03/02 23:04 bcc: > > > > Subject: Virus > Alert - > > ScanMail for Lotus Notes-->Snowhite and the > > Seven Dwarfs - The REAL > > story! > > > > > > > > > > > > Anti-virus software has detected a virus during a real-time scan of the > > email traffic. > > > > Date: 3/28/2002 0:4:26 > > Subject: Snowhite and the Seven Dwarfs - The REAL story! > > Virus: WORM_HYBRIS.M > > File: joke.exe > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; > > Action: Uncleanable, Quarantined; > > > > Scanned by ScanMail for Lotus Notes 2.5 > > with scanengine 5.630-1025 > > and patternfile lpt$vpn.250 > > (Embedded image moved to file: pic23811.pcx) > > > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > > > > The information contained in this message is confidential and may be > > legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, please do not > > read, copy or otherwise use it and do not disclose it to anyone else. > > Please notify the sender of the delivery error and then delete the > > message from your system. > > > > Any views or opinions expressed in this email are those of the author > only. > > > > Thank you for your assistance. > > > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > > > > > > > >
