[freelists-users] Re: Archive your list at Yahoogroups
- From: Linda Johnson <linda@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: freelists-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 02 Jul 2002 00:31:42 -0400
I agree with Kari. My whole point in leaving yahoo was to get my list
members away from the spam, anti-privacy stuff, etc.....so why would I
then encourage them to use the yahoo archives and files sections?
I moved my files over to smartgroups.com (I find them to be more
reliable than Topica) and I downloaded ALL of my yahoo archives (what a
job THAT was), then I got fancy with Word's Find/Replace and cleaned out
all the yahoo garbage and converted them to text files which I zipped
and parked in our files section at smartgroups.
I only wish some of the other good groups I belong to would leave yahoo.
I hate even being a member there anymore.
Linda
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-----Original Message-----
From: freelists-users-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:freelists-users-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Kari
Sent: Tuesday, July 02, 2002 12:12 AM
To: freelists-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [freelists-users] Re: Archive your list at Yahoogroups
As someone who had a very active, long standing group on Yahoo groups I
would strongly advise against Yahoo for anything important. Countless
list
owners at Yahoo, like myself, have had their communities completely
deleted
without reason or apology.
Everything -- gone!
Now I'm using Topica to keep my archives and have no complaints. They do
a
great job of keeping the archives, they are easy to delete and it also
digests them.
I am boycotting all Yahoo! services. The moment you sign up for your
Yahoo
ID your email goes on the marketing list (meaning it's already been shot
out
into the world) by time you can get in and change your options. I tested
this with a unique email address.
Kari
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