Re: Ang: Announcement: Opera-Users mailing list to be closed in late July, 2010

Hello John:

      You wrote:

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> In my experience Yahoo! at best is a mediocre experience, whether it's
> groups or email accounts. I never found anything there to my liking. I
> won't be "giving it a shot", thanks.
> 
> If you're asking what the difference is between a Yahoo! group and a
> mailing list like this one then we must be living on different planets.
> They function in an entirely different way and are administered in a
> completely different way. Moreover, to join a list like this one you don't
> need to jump through hoops at Yahoo!, let alone set up an account at a
> site - it's a simple matter of sending a "subscribe" email to the
> appropriate address.
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> John
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      I am subscribed to several YahooGroups; and, 
I am a moderator on two of them.  I also have a 
YahooMail account, which means I am a registered 
Yahoo! user.  This way I have a choice of how to 
go about joining YahooGroups' lists.

      The simplest way, if I am sent an invitation 
by the owner or a moderator of a YahooGroup, is to 
reply to the e-mail notice by having the word, 
"subscribe," indicated in the subject line.  This 
is the same manner which has been available with 
all lists to which I have joined, irrespective of 
what or which type of server/program is used.  The 
same is true to unsubscribe from a list.

      The alternate manner to join is to first 
become a member of Yahoo, then to go to the 
YahooGroups area, and click on "pamiga."  At that 
point to fill out the "Request to join" stuff.

      Another commonality is that the e-mail 
address you wish the list to consider as your 
official e-mail address is the one you indicate, 
either in joining the list, or in contacting the 
owner/moderator, once you have joined.  This means 
you never have to be a member of Yahoo, and you 
never have to have an e-mail address at Yahoo.

      There is not much else I can say positively 
nor negatively about YahooGroups lists.  It has 
always appeared to behave like most other such 
servers/programs.

      Hope this actually helps.

             Regards,

             Julian.
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