The yahoo group search is considerably better than it was 2 years ago, still not perfect but quite useable.
Cheers Steve Elbows --- In [email protected], "Deirdre Straughan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Any action now would be too late to benefit most of us - our email addresses > have already been captured, so removing the mirroring now will only help > those who have just joined and/or have never posted - unless we all intend > to change our email addresses. > > On the other hand, having a full archive publicly available is a huge > service to recent joiners who might like to search for answers to their > FAQs. Yahoo's archive at > http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/messages/18401?viscount=100is > (or was, last time I tried) notoriously difficult to search. > > Also, for those who care about building Google credibility and traffic to > their sites, the archive is a useful source of inbound links, thanks to > messages you yourself post (you publish your URL in your signature, right?). > FWIW, if I Google my own name, the Google groups link comes up before the > Yahoo archive (of course that may be a Google prejudice). > > Spam is a sad part of internet life these days - no one likes it, but it's > so pervasive that there isn't much point in being paranoid and hyperreactive > about it at this level. Every email address sooner or later gets captured > and the spam starts arriving. It's probably more (if minimally) effective to > support legislation to prosecute spammers. > > > On 1/6/07, Jay dedman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Does anyone know who set up the Google group to mirror this group? > > I know its a constant source of spam...so we should do something about it. > > > > Jay > > > > -- > > Here I am.... > > http://jaydedman.com > > > > > > -- > best regards, > Deirdré Straughan > > www.beginningwithi.com (personal) > www.tvblob.com (work) > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >
