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Using eGroups for the mail list will cause a footer to be appended to each
Email distributed to the list members. IMHO, the footer is inoffensive,
because there is nothing that forces me to scroll down to the footer to
view the banner ad that is appended to the END of each email. The file
archive feature is a great feature. Why force an attachment on the list
group membership when a URL link will suffice? That should make the
dial-up users happy and give access to large files to those who can and
want to download them.
That's my $.02 worth.
David Hudder
At 08:25 AM 6/30/00, Jim Johnson wrote:
Thanks, Matt. I just joined the e=group and downloaded the allsyste.ela
file. Come to think of it, I didn't even notice the ads
----- Original Message -----
From: "Matthew D. Langston" <langston@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <the_omega_man@xxxxxxxxxxxx>; "Omega-List" <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, June 30, 2000 9:47 AM
Subject: Re: Time to move this list to E-Groups
> Yes, it can. As an example, I have uploaded Robert Cummings' TS4
friendly
> systems to http://www.egroups.com/files/omega-list/Allsyste.ela.
>
> Regards, Matt
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <the_omega_man@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Omega-List" <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, June 30, 2000 5:01 AM
> Subject: Re: Time to move this list to E-Groups
>
>
> >
> > Can the e-groups site be used simply as a place to post attachments?
> >
> > In other words, if you have a big message or attachment to send, then
send
> > it to both omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx and omega-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx Those
who
> > are interested in the attachment can go look at the attachment at the
> egroups
> > web site. This gives us a place to post attachments without
compromising
> > privacy or forcing banner ads into our messages...
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > At Thu, 29 Jun 2000 21:04:39 -0700, "Matthew D. Langston"
> <langston@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >I agree with you that there are many benefits to using eGroups
instead
> > >of
> > >the current listserv. In addition to fixing the "file attachment
> problem",
> > >it also provides the ability to browse the entire archive of previous
> > >posts.
> > >
> > >Earlier last Spring I reserved two eGroups for this purpose:
> > >http://www.egroups.com/group/omega-list and
> > >http://www.egroups.com/group/OmegaResearch. I would be more than
happy
> > >to
> > >turn them over to the current omega-list listserv moderator(s) if
they
> > >are
> > >interested (that was the reason why I reserved them in the first
place).
> > >
> > >I notified the current omega-list listserv moderator as to their
> > >availability earlier in the Spring, but I haven't heard back from
them
> > >yet.
> > >
> > >Regards, Matt
> > >
> > >----- Original Message -----
> > >From: "M. Simms" <prosys@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >To: "Omega-List" <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > >Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2000 9:45 PM
> > >Subject: Time to move this list to E-Groups
> > >
> > >
> > >> I think based on recent posts that mention attachments.....and none
> > >> appear....
> > >> and my own frustration of making posts with attachments that don't
> > >show
> > >up,
> > >> it may be time to move the Omega-list to E-Groups or another forum
> > >venue.
> > >>
> > >> The 15k attachment limitation of this listserv is just way too
> > >restrictive.
> > >> The fact that there is no notification of this back to the
originator
> > >is
> > >> also very, very bad.
> > >>
> > >> Scanned articles are 50k bytes min....and some systems and
indicators
> > >could
> > >> climb well above 15k.
> > >>
> > >> E-Groups is reliable and has a couple of features like surveys that
> > >may
> > >> prove useful.
> > >> I believe the cost is zero.
> > >
> >
> >
>
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