> From: [email protected]
> To: [email protected]
> Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2010 20:04:05 +0200
> Subject: Re: CS>[List Owner]Archive listing on web site...
>
> HI Mike,
>
> A major hassle for me trying to move an existing mail list to a Yahoo
> Group has been the lack of enthusiasm from existing members to sign up to
> Yahoo. I have a list of about 150 and have only persuaded 2 to move over.
>
> I initiallly sent out a few invitations to friends to see how it all
> works and I got growled at for spamming them !!
>
> The other major thing about the way you are doing it is the total lack of
> interference from advertising. I positively dislike the jumpy uppy down
> garbage adverts on the Yahoo screen. It is totally irrelevant and
> uselessly distracting. What features do people want that you are not
> providing?
> -Exactly, yahoo is for yahoos, and this keeps everyone away from the rabble.
> As with any worthwhile reading material, one has to search for it, that's how
> I've worked out what's worth reading and what's not, the common stuff can be
> found anywhere and everywhere, with the additional rubbish that goes with it.
> N.
> OK,
> Tony
>
> The happiest people don't have the best of everything, they just make the
> best of everything they have. --Kerry Tume
>
> On 28 Aug 2010 at 12:00, M. G. Devour wrote about :
> Subject : Re: CS>[List Owner]Archive listing
>
> > Hi folks!
> >
> > First off, I hope David has been able to get into the web site and see the
> > change... It's working as far as I know, David. The problem you had looks
> > like it may have just been a transient.
> >
> > Carol and others, I REALLY do understand the appeal of Yahoo or Google
> > groups as a platform for a forum like this, and I will continue to
> > consider them going forward, as a fallback if nothing else.
> >
> > My most urgent reason for never going to one of those options before now
> > was a desire to never place us at the mercy of someone else's opinion of
> > whether our group deserved to exist, and, in the extreme case, to not be
> > one of the countless thousands of groups that would instantly disappear if
> > Somebody made a phone call and said, shut it all down...
> >
> > So, call me paranoid if you'd like, but that resolve is the main reason
> > we've continued to stumble along in this less-than-ideal state, trapped
> > between my desires for security and control, and my inability thus far to
> > implement one of the many superior options that are possible.
> >
> > Hope springs eternal that as my health and mental agility continue to
> > improve, I will succeed in finding or building us a new home that will be
> > more to everyone's liking, mine included.
> >
> > Meanwhile, I pray you will forgive me for my admitted shortcomings (to
> > accompany my acknowledged strengths, just so y'all don't have to say it!
> > <grin>) and continue to be patient with the clunky interface.
> >
> > You all keep amazing me with your knowledge, generosity, cooperation, and
> > the timeliness of your suggestions! I can't count how often I've seen the
> > answer swing by in passing, just as I'd begun to research a particular
> > question! Amazing! <smile>
> >
> > If anybody has a trustworthy, high-end web developer in their pocket,
> > willing to work for free or very near to it, y'all let me know, okay?
> >
> > Peace,
> >
> > Mike D.
> > silver-list curator and antiquarian...
> >
> > [Mike Devour, Citizen, Patriot, Libertarian]
> > [[email protected] ]
> > [Speaking only for myself... ]
> >
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