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

Harry Lake <[email protected]> Tue, 06 Jul 2010 02:56:03 +0200
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At 02:20 06/07/2010 CEST, John Silby wrote:
>Webgenie, thanks, but "enjoy" and "Yahoo" are not two words that I'd
>normally use in the same sentence, LOL.

Hi John,

You also wrote

>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.

and earlier

>My point was that Mailman doesn't force
>advertising on the user.

My dear chap, if you will pardon the expression, why not just try it 
and see what it's like?

You write 'Why are all you guys so sensitive about Yahoo?' but as I 
see it, it is not we who are so sensitive about Yahoo. In fact, I'm 
beginning to wonder if I've got confused between what you and others 
have written! (I'm serious here: I may genuinely have missed 
something; it happens).

As to your second point: I can honestly say I don't remember seeing 
any advertising on /any/ of the ten, fifteen or maybe twenty groups I 
belong to, apart from stuff at the bottom of each message - but 
that's all Yahoo-related, I think - I wouldn't know, I never read it! 
I dunno, maybe I've got some special software that eliminates ads. If 
so, I shall be happy to point you to its source.

To sum up: in recent years I have not noticed any advertising at all 
on any of the Yahoo lists I belong to. That's not to say it isn't 
there. I just haven't noticed it, so whether it's there or not I just 
don't know. Whether that's because my senses are dulled or because I 
have software installed that blocks advertising I do not know, but 
there it is. Don't deprive us of your input straight away, give it a 
go, see how it goes - and you can always withdraw if you so wish!

Cheers,

Harry


Opera 10.60, Java 1.?, Windows XP Home SP2 (desktop, netbook)/Vista 
Home Premium (laptop), AVG Internet Security Suite 9.0.814 
professional, Eudora 7.1.0.9 paid (from 13/11/06), WordPerfect X3 
Professional build 13.0.0.565 (SP2), ClipMate 7.3.14, build 223 
(updated 4/2010), Process Tamer (v2.08.02; by DonationCoder)(posibly 
not on netbook); 3 GB RAM(desktop)/1GB (netbook)/2GB (laptop), 
Pentium 4 @ 3.0 GHz since 6 October 2006 (desktop)(laptop: erm...). 
Latest addition: Google Earth 4.2.0198.2451 (beta), 15 November 2007. 
Last updated: July 2010, Opera 10.60. 
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<font size=3>At 02:20 06/07/2010 CEST, John Silby wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">Webgenie, thanks, but
&quot;enjoy&quot; and &quot;Yahoo&quot; are not two words that I'd&nbsp;
<br>
normally use in the same sentence, LOL.</blockquote><br>
</font>Hi John,<br><br>
You also wrote<br><br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite=""><font size=3>Why are all you
guys so sensitive about Yahoo? Your experience might be&nbsp; <br>
different from mine (or you're prepared to put up with more rubbish than
I&nbsp; <br>
am), but the fact remains that my experience of Yahoo is not good and
I&nbsp; <br>
don't like it. Nothing you say is going to change
that.</font></blockquote><br>
and earlier<br><br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">My point was that Mailman
doesn't force&nbsp; <br>
advertising on the user.</blockquote><br>
My dear chap, if you will pardon the expression, why not just try it and
see what it's like? <br><br>
You write '<font size=3>Why are all you guys so sensitive about
Yahoo?</font>' but as I see it, it is not we who are so sensitive about
Yahoo. In fact, I'm beginning to wonder if I've got confused between what
you and others have written! (I'm serious here: I may genuinely have
missed something; it happens).<br><br>
As to your second point: I can honestly say I don't remember seeing any
advertising on /any/ of the ten, fifteen or maybe twenty groups I belong
to, apart from stuff at the bottom of each message - but that's all
Yahoo-related, I think - I wouldn't know, I never read it! I dunno, maybe
I've got some special software that eliminates ads. If so, I shall be
happy to point you to its source.<br><br>
To sum up: in recent years I have not noticed any advertising at all on
any of the Yahoo lists I belong to. That's not to say it isn't there. I
just haven't noticed it, so whether it's there or not I just don't know.
Whether that's because my senses are dulled or because I have software
installed that blocks advertising I do not know, but there it is. Don't
deprive us of your input straight away, give it a go, see how it goes -
and you can always withdraw if you so wish!<br><br>
Cheers,<br><br>
Harry<br><br>
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Opera 10.60, Java 1.?, Windows XP Home SP2 (desktop, netbook)/Vista Home
Premium (laptop), AVG Internet Security Suite 9.0.814 professional,
Eudora 7.1.0.9 paid (from 13/11/06), WordPerfect X3 Professional build
13.0.0.565 (SP2), ClipMate 7.3.14, build 223 (updated 4/2010), Process
Tamer (v2.08.02; by DonationCoder)(posibly not on netbook); 3 GB
RAM(desktop)/1GB (netbook)/2GB (laptop), Pentium 4 @ 3.0 GHz since 6
October 2006 (desktop)(laptop: erm...). Latest addition: Google Earth
4.2.0198.2451 (beta), 15 November 2007. Last updated: July 2010, Opera
10.60.</body>
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