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Re: Why Yahoo Groups?

Subject: Re: Why Yahoo Groups?
From: "Greg Weddig" gweddig
Date: Tue Aug 21, 2007 7:36 pm ((PDT))
Hi Rory,
I'm not sure why the group was founded on Yahoo, I think probably
because that is what was available back in the day.

I believe you can set your personal group preferences to e-mail
messages or a digest to any e-mail address you want.

--greg
http://gregweddig.net

--- In  "Rory" <> wrote:
>
> As a matter of curiosity, is there a reason why this forum is run as
a Yahoo Group instead of a regular (password protected if desired)
forum with, say, Simple Machines software?
>
> Maybe I'm in a minority of one, but Yahoo Groups strikes me as based
on outmoded software that is quite out of step with how people use the
internet these days, and with the emergence of devices, such as
Blackberries, that provide mobile access.
>
> And unless I am missing something, following discussions/threads is
kind of unnecessarily complicated/cumbersome, not to mention
frustrating/annoying.
>
> Of course, maybe people like the forum this way. I'm just asking.
>
> Cheers
>






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