[slinkelist] Mailing list vs. Bulletin Board

[Bill Reid]

Thanks for the warning.  I use eGroups with a separate Hotmail account that
I use for no other purpose.  So far, I have not received ANY unwanted or
unsolicited mail in the account.  I will let you know if I do, because if I
do it is definitely from them.

Also, eGroups publishes your email address with an _ in place of one of the
letters so that the addresses can not be easily harvested.  The do put adds
at the bottom of each email, but I find it easy to ignore them.

Now that I think about it, when I signed up for eGroups there was a check
box somewhere that had funny wording about if you wanted "extra" mail.  I
think the way it was set up you got the mail if you didn't change the
setting, and it was not worded in the most straight forward manner.  I don't
know if you can change this after the fact, because some organizations may
already have your email address.

I you want to try out this service, please do it with a email account that
you create for this purpose.  That way if you don't like it, just get ride
of the email account.

Bill
----- Original Message -----
From: Mike Wingstrom <mikeasl@ameritech.net>
To: Bill Reid <breid@cgo.wave.ca>
Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2000 5:17 PM
Subject: Re: [slinkelist] Mailing list vs. Bulletin Board


> Watch Out!!! eGroups is the KING of SPAM!!!  Do not get involved in any
way eith them!!! They will sell your address if you just browse their
site!!! Subscribing is a definite SPAM subscription for you. Just read their
Terms and conditions!!!
>
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> On 3/22/00 at 10:04 AM, Bill Reid <breid@cgo.wave.ca> wrote:
>
> > One possibility would be to move the list to an outside list provider.
The two I know of off
> > hand are www.onelist.com and www.egroups.com
> >
> > I belong to lists on each of these services.  The egroups list service
is my favourite.  It can
> > provide the list via email, you can view it on line, you can get the
list emnailed as a daily
> > digest,  you can set up databases, store files, and run polls.  I have
no affiliation with this site,
> > I just think it is realatively well done.
> >
> > For what it is worth,
> > Bill Reid
> >   ----- Original Message -----
> >   From: David Aue
> >   To: mkloss ; slinkelist@nirvis.com
> >   Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2000 12:34 AM
> >   Subject: RE: [slinkelist] Mailing list vs. Bulletin Board
> >
> >
> >   We've never been able to find a (non-commercial) combined BBS/mailing
list program.  I agree
> > that it would be nice to have it combined but without spending a few
thousand bucks I
> > havent found any solutions.  The mailing list has archives available at:
> >   http://www.nirvis.com/pipermail/slinkelist/
> >
> >   David Aue
> >   Nirvis Systems
> >     -----Original Message-----
> >     From: slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com
[mailto:slinkelist-admin@nirvis.com]On Behalf Of mkloss
> >     Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2000 9:50 PM
> >     To: slinkelist@nirvis.com
> >     Subject: [slinkelist] Mailing list vs. Bulletin Board
> >
> >
> >     Is it just me or is it silly to have to check both your email and
the bbs for messages.
> > Additionally, I find it very useful to search through old archives, yet
the slinkelist messages are
> > not archived and tend to have more information. Could the lists be
mirrored by any chance?
> > This may seem trivial, but it would save some time everyday to see all
messages in one place.
> > (My vote is for the BBS, but I don't want to unsubscribe for fear of
missing good posts)
> >
> >
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