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

John, you don't have to like Yahoo to be able to enjoy the groups. 
Just have your settings the way you want them.  Don't worry about
Yahoo inflicting advertising in your e-mail, since you use content
blocker all the time ;)  I like the groups, but one thing that should
tell you how I feel about Yahoo is this - Yahoo partnered with AT&T to
provide DSL service in my area - "partnered" means they got an
opportunity for marketing and spying on DSL customers.  The way they
did this was via the Yahoo browser and an installation CD that the
customer received from AT&T.  Now, I'm not terribly geeky (though god
knows I try), but I researched on the internet to find out how to
install the DSL without the CD and the spyware browser/Yahoo software.
 And I succeeded.  That made me pretty happy for as long as I had DSL,
but in the end, I could not tolerate exploitation by AT&T and have
switched to much higher priced cable internet.  And I find it worth
it.

Webgenie

> Sorry, Bruce, but you just made my point for me. "Every message on the
> list concludes with the following instructions:" Certainly, but you
> have
> to actually JOIN a list and start receiving emails from it to be able
> to
> read those instructions! My point was that it's not as easy to join a
> Yahoo group as it it is to join a Mailman list; until Katrina pointed
> it
> out I did not know that it's possible to join a list by sending a
> "subscribe" email. I've already commented on that a couple of times.
>
> Why are all you guys so sensitive about Yahoo? Your experience might
> be
> different from mine (or you're prepared to put up with more rubbish
> than I
> am), but the fact remains that my experience of Yahoo is not good and
> I
> don't like it. Nothing you say is going to change that.
>
> John
>
>
>
> On Tue, 06 Jul 2010 02:51:34 +1000, Bruce Tober
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Or the same one with several people not totally informed.
>>
>> I've belonged to several yahoo groups/lists. I HATE web-based
>> lists/groups. But with yahoo ones, that's not a problem. Subscribers
>> have the option to read online or to get messages to the list sent
>> directly to their mail box.
>>
>>> 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.
>>
>> Having set up an account on yahoo one time, the subscriptions to
>> lists
>> is as simple as sending an e-mail to the list owner. Every message
>> on
>> the list concludes with the following instructions:
>> <*> To visit your group on the web, go to:
>>     http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NameOfList/
>>
>> <*> Your email settings:
>>     Individual Email | Traditional
>>
>> <*> To change settings online go to:
>>     http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NameOfList/join
>>     (Yahoo! ID required)
>>
>> <*> To change settings via email:
>>     [email protected]
>>     [email protected]
>>
>> <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
>>     [email protected]
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