Ifind Smartgroup incredibly slow. Spo much so, that I frequently just close the window and don't bother with the site. Rick ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lw" <LW105@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, August 20, 2004 3:32 PM Subject: [bookport] Re: Getting rid of all that junk ... > HI > Smartgroups has its own set of problems. It tends to inform people of > bouncing messages when they aren't, or causing problems so that a person has > to resubscribe every so often. I don't know the reason for this. > As long as I take off the =20 of the links, they downloads have worked fine > thus far. > > Hugs, > Beth > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Marlaina Lieberg" <marlaina@xxxxxxxxxx> > To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Friday, August 20, 2004 8:30 AM > Subject: [bookport] Re: Getting rid of all that junk ... > > > > Yahoo is horrid. Smartgroups seems to be a new place of choice, though I > > don't know much about it. > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "LARRY SKUTCHAN" <lskutchan@xxxxxxx> > > To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Sent: Friday, August 20, 2004 6:59 AM > > Subject: [bookport] Re: Getting rid of all that junk ... > > > > > > > I am totally against yahoo, because it is inaccessible when it comes to > = > > > creating a new list. > > > > > > > > > >>> peter.rand@xxxxxxxxxxxx Friday, August 20, 2004 9:46:12 AM >>> > > > > The only thing we can do at APH to get rid of all that junk is to get > a > > > > new email program or switch listserves. We already know we don't want > > > > topica.com, because they put ads at the top of every message. > > > > > > One other possibility would be to simply create a new group at Yahoo = > > > Groups=20 > > > (http://groups.yahoo.com/start). It works pretty well, plus it has > the=20 > > > advantage of automatically creating an archive that can be searched > by=20 > > > members, so APH wouldn't have to answer the same question several = > > > times.=20 > > > Members could elect to participate in a Yahoo Book Port list via email, > = > > > like=20 > > > they do now, or via a web-interface. Membership can also be restricted = > > > or=20 > > > open to the world.=20 > > > > > > I don't know whether Yahoo places ads at the top of every message or not > = > > > -=20 > > > but in any case, it would be a small price for a free service.=20 > > > > > > Peter=20 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >