Bob,
Excellent point. If it turns out that a public list isn't beneficial, then I'd
rathyer not pursue it. I'd only do it if it had usefulness beyond the
listserv. But your point about spam is well taken, as is your point about
Mark giving us this amazing list. I'll keep you posted as I plan to wait a
bit and see what the consensus is before doing anything.
Thanks agin for the response!
Andy
Robert Allen wrote:
>
> Andy Ramm wrote:
>
> > I've been thinking of proposing an MGs usenet
> > group to augment the listserv we have here.
>
> I can't imagine why that would be a better deal than what Mark has been
> doing for us for (essentially) free. Not all ISPs carry they same news
> feeds would be the first minor irritation for finding the list.
>
> The bigger problem is all the spam. Spam is indiscriminately dumped to
> news lists, and, more importantly, anyone who contributes to newsgroups
> might as well wear a sign that say "Here is my address, send me junk!"
>
> I might lurk on a public list but I've given up contributing.
> --
> Bob Allen, Kansas City, '69CGT, '75TR6, '61Elva(?)
> BTW: Do you receive junk mail or weird offers out of the blue? Don't
> respond to any of them. The list harvesters pay more for known "active"
> email addresses.
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