----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert C Wittig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2006 4:35 AM Subject: Re: [LINUX_Newbies] Mail from Yahoo
> Scott wrote: > > On Tue, Nov 14, 2006 at 08:36:11AM +0000, Ian Betts wrote: > >> Just a question about Yahoo for this list. Why do I not recive the list > >> by direct mail when I set membership to do so? > > > > Because you have gmail. > > > > They consider it a feature, and I see this question (or people > > reposting, saying they didn't see their message) on many lists. > > > > Gmail considers it a feature, most people consider it a royal pain in > > the neck. > > > > If you post to a mailing list to, as gmail says, to "avoid clutter" the > > message will not appear in your inbox. Any reply to it will appear in > > your inbox, but your original post will not. > > > > In my humble opinion, this makes gmail a bad choice for mailing list > > accounts. > > > > There have been many requests for them to change it, but so far, it > > seems as they are not going to do so. > > > > Amazing! > > Having my own mailservers, I never got sucked into the 'gmail frenzy'. I > remember seeing people in CraigsList actually trying to *sell* (I do not > know if they were successful) invitations to gmail. > > > I should probably add that question and answer to the faq. > > > > Hopefully, it will be a transient FAQ entry. I suspect by 'clutter', > Google was referring to 'storage space'... a commodity that continues to > become cheaper, as we type. > I never understood the whole Gmail fad myself, either. I can't stand web-based Email - period! So what if they offer a gibabyte of storage - I can have as much storage as I want using my own computer! Norm Higgs http://forbiddenpc.com https://www.linkedin.com/e/fpf/4018099 To unsubscribe from this list, please email [EMAIL PROTECTED] & you will be removed. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
