[Rockhounds] New format for the email group

[Al Balmer]

On Fri, 14 Sep 2007 09:24:55 -0400, Drew <dr00bert at gmail.com> wrote:

>On 9/13/07, Al Balmer <albalmer at att.net> wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, 13 Sep 2007 17:37:36 -0600, "Joshua Stiff" <jcstiff at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >My 2-cents...
>> >
>> >It appears as if the rockhounds group has evolved past the point of
>> >being an email group.  The suggestions posted by some of the more
>> >prominent members indicate that.  Maybe it would be beneficial if
>> >information was consolidated and the group moved to something more of
>> >a web community forum.  Example:
>>
>> Good grief, no. A mail list with a good mail reader is far superior to
>> any web forum.
>>
>> And you can do all the below and still have a mail list. Probably not
>> with drizzle, but for example the yahoo forums support both web-based
>> and mail.
>
>
>But Yahoo sucks!  I am on a different list (BBQ of all things) and it is
>hosted by Google... it is great, because it is a "Google Group", therefore
>users can get the emails or read it online... best of both worlds!
>
As stated above in the line just above your reply, Yahoo offers both
web-based and email also. It also has integrated server space for
pictures and files. I don't know whether Google Groups offer this or
not. I do know that the Usenet system has been seriously infected by
Google Groupers who don't know the difference between Google and
Usenet. Google sucks! <G>

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Al Balmer
Sun City, AZ