Any and every topic slightly related to Protel should be on the one list. Surely
the *Subject*
of the email would give people a clue to the contents and you dont have to read
every
single email message that gets sent to you. Everyone has the option to just
ignore or
delete or read the things of interest.
If the topics are spinning off into complete irrelevence then start a new
thread.
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"John Haddy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 03/26/2001 01:08:44 PM
Please respond to "Protel EDA Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Protel EDA Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
cc: (bcc: Clive Broome/sdc)
Subject: Re: [PEDA] Now On topic
My opinion: if it ain't broke, don't fix it.
I've seen other mail lists curl up and die because of a
debate by a small core of members over how to make it
"better" - which had the effect of getting almost everybody
else to unsubscribe because the majority of posts became not
relevant to the reason they were subscribed in the first
place.
I haven't seen anything much on this list that would cause
me to want to go elsewhere - either from the point of view
of wanting a different host or from getting frustrated with
off topic posts. As far as "off topic" content goes, I think
it's better to self-regulate than have a central arbiter
telling us when a thread is not apropos to the core list topics.
John Haddy
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Mcgrath [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, 26 March 2001 3:14 PM
> To: Protel EDA Forum
> Subject: Re: [PEDA] Now On topic
>
>
> Hey All
>
> I want to stay. They have done good by us. I can't understand Mr. Lomax's
> penchant for Yahoo. You all have to decide. I will go with what this group
> decides. The discussion does not belong anywhere but here at this
> time. It is
> VERY Relevant.
>
> Jim
>
> Abd ul-Rahman Lomax wrote:
>
> > As a piece of information, seeing as Mr. Harris has continued this
> > discussion here:
> >
> > >And exactly why do you think yahoogroups.com want to run a
> list for you?
> >
> > They do it to make money. For $5 per month, the list is
> advertising free.
> > Numerous users have offered to pay the $5 per month; I'm among them.
> >
> > >Personally I think a bit of indirect advertising from techserve is
> > >preferable to the invasion of privacy, advertising and other crap (like
> > >blatant abuse of cookies) from Yahoogroups.
> >
> > I can understand. However, yahoogroups subscriptions can be managed by
> > email commands; it is not necessary to use the web site and to thus be
> > exposed to cookies. So once yahoo has been paid to make the list
> > advertising-free, the issues which quite legitimately concern Mr. Harris
> > become moot.
> >
> > That does not mean that the list should be moved, only that
> this particular
> > argument against it is misdirected.
> >
> > Once again, I ask that further discussion like this take place on the
> > association list. It does currently have advertising; the
> association can
> > decide at any time to remove the advertising. Discussion here
> may go around
> > and around in circles without any resolution, wasting everyone's time.
> >
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Abdulrahman Lomax
> > P.O. Box 690
> > El Verano, CA 95433
> >
> >
>
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