Re: Re: UK HA Newsgroup

["Mark McCall" <mark@xxxxxxx>]

Get me a job in the diplomatic corps !! :-)

Thanks Mark!

M.


----- Original Message -----
From: Mark Harrison <Mark_Harrison_UK@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2001 5:39 PM
Subject: [ukha_d] Re: UK HA Newsgroup


> Mark,
>
> I've changed my mind. I now agree with you...
>
> Regards,
>
> Mark
>
> --- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Mark McCall" <mark@a...>
wrote:
> > All fair enough points Mark  However, I know from emails I get
that
> not
> > everyone likes the amount of messages the Egroup produces.  Even
> the daily
> > digest can be arduous to wade through.
> >
> > Personally I love the Egroup, but there are some out there that
> prefer the
> > newsgroup solution.  Hopefully a newsgroup wouldn't have a large
> detrimental
> > effect on this list whilst bringing some new people to us after
they
> > discover the subject there.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Mark
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Mark Harrison" <Mark_Harrison_UK@h...>
> > To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2001 10:08 AM
> > Subject: [ukha_d] Re: UK HA Newsgroup
> >
> >
> > > I agree absolutely. The eGroups solution is much better
since I
> can
> > > either receive emails, digests, or read on-line, and quite
often
> jump
> > > between those settings depending on where I'm going to be
for the
> > > next few weeks.
> > >
> > > I really don't want to have to start reading about UKHA in
more
> than
> > > one technology.
> > >
> > > I was on various USENET groups between 1989-1995, and saw
the
> > > signal/noise ratio gradually deteriorate so it became a
total
> waste
> > > of time. I retried a few groups in about 1998 and was
digusted at
> the
> > > amount of inappropriate babble in there.
> > >
> > > OK, so I post inappropriate babble in here as well, but at
least I
> > > tend to flag it up as OT.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > Mark
> > >
> > > --- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, James Hoye <jhoye@l...> wrote:
> > > > > Spam, silly questions etc. I won't be using it.
AutomatedHome
> > > > > is the ideal
> > > > > starting point for new HAers and the eGroups are a
natural
> > > > > progression for
> > > > > those with too much time on their hands. There is
an eGroup
> > > > > message board
> > > > > type thing, isn't there? What amount of traffic
does it get?
> > > >
> > > > I must admit that I find it more convenient to receive
email.
> My
> > > other
> > > > choice is to use Deja (NNTP seems to be blocked here
for some
> > > reason) which
> > > > can be cumbersome for NG browsing/reading, although
invaluable
> for
> > > > searching!
> > > >
> > > > James H
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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