From: rflowers@Tinbowlinggreen.com
"Mark Whitlock" wrote in message
news:Idolf.12$9q.1478@news.abs.net...
> Bruce Tomlin wrote:
>> That's my number one complaint about Yahoo Groups in general. I know
>> it's possible to make an "anyone can read it" group because I came across
>> one recently. Maybe it's a default, but it's a silly one most of the
>> time.
> It stopped me when I got to the part in the agreement that said
> (para-phrasing) 'you must accept mailings as part of this agreement'
> and 'yahoo advertisers can receive your info as part of our policy'.
> Com'on guys ,here broad-band is over $700 a year,so I'm a dial-up guy.
> More spam and junk email I can live without. What do the yahoo groups
> offer that isn't available in this group ?
> Please tell me,
> Mark.
I'm not trying to promote Yahoo groups, but they do offer polls, calendars,
simple flat databases, and image storage for your group. I still like usenet
better for just posting, though.
You CAN have a requirement to be a member to post, yet have public read-only
messages. Here is an example I found quickly while searching:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/theflyfishingreport/
I belong to several Yahoo groups, and I receive no particular extra junkmail
because of it. (At least that I can tell.) In any case, just use your Yahoo
email for the messages. You'll have one by signing up anyway. Or, you can
choose how you receive the messages (every message, digest, or no email at
all).
The worst thing about Yahoo groups is that part of their advertising model
is to insert an ad every once in a while between the link you clicked and
the target page. And of course, Flash ads, but those are everywhere (not
here!).
-- R Flowers
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