VMs: Re: New mailing list address -- possibly short-term

[Khem Caigan <Khem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Invent Yourself writes:
> 
> While I agree with you on the increasing pervasion of advertising, eGroups
> (which has since become YahooGroups) is extremely good about filtering out
> spam: it is trivial to configure such that only members are allowed to
> post. I got more spam from voynich@rand than I've gotten from all my
> eGroup/YahooGroup usage ever, because the latter was none. Also,
> membership does not have to be open, but rather can be the discretion of
> the moderator. And finally, for extreme antisociability, groups can be
> hidden so they don't appear in the directory of groups.

 In fact, I had to be sponsored to a number of invisible lists, with
behind-the-scenes vetting and voting to decide whether I was admissible
or not. 
 
> YahooGroups archives, too.

 And there's a built-in search engine to assist you in sifting through
the archives.

 Below find an example of the 'obtrusive advertising', which is appended
to posts:

------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~-->
Buy Stock for $4.
No Minimums.
FREE Money 2002.
http://us.click.yahoo.com/BgmYkB/VovDAA/ySSFAA/wC6xlB/TM
---------------------------------------------------------------------~->

 That's it.

 I don't post html-ized e-mail, so I'm not sure what the ads look like
for folks that do.

 Below is an 'Example' of the Yahoo Group information appended to every
post:

Example group archive and information:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Example_Group/

Post message: Example_Group@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
Subscribe:  Example_Group-subscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
Unsubscribe:  Example_Group-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
List owner:  Example_Group-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Members of the Example discussion group may request the option of
receiving just one e-mail per day.  This e-mail will be sent at the end
of each day and will include all of the days comments.  Simply send an
e-mail to the list owner (Example_Group-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx)
requesting digest mode. 

Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to
http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ 


All the Best,

~ Khem Caigan