RE: closed purchasing group list idea

["Phil Harris" <phillip.harris1@xxxxxxx>]

I get annoyed by these damn advertising banners causing my PC to try to
connect to the internet when I'm reading messages off-line.

Phil

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Graham Howe [mailto:graham@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 14 May 2001 22:20
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] closed purchasing group list idea
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> I really would like to get away from the reliance on yahoo as well.
This
> list has been very flaky lately and I am getting a bit annoyed by all
the
> adverts (not to mention a marked increase in spam since the move from
> egroups - this could be coincidence of course). I would have thought
there
> was some way to get a our own list server set up with no adverts,
reliable
> and faster posting and the ability to simply create and delete lists
for
> particular discussions. I have seen a lot of sites now seem to have
some
> form of 'forums' where an initial page shows each forum, the last
posting,
> number of messages etc and this seems a nice feature. If it is a
> question of
> server space, I have lots to spare on my server which is hosted on a
128K
> connection, but I'm sure others can offer that too. I must admit
> that I have
> not had any experience at setting up lists but I'm sure there is
plenty of
> cheap/free software out there to do that. One thing I personally
> would like
> though is to get all these 'linked' lists into a common place, I don't
> really want to be setting up numerous accounts, and if there was a
single
> web based front page to all related lists then it might prevent some
> duplicate postings. Also the ability to search across forums would be
nice
> along with some FAQ pages, we might even want to get some decent chat
> functionality on there which was not dependent on IRC or yahoo or
anyone
> else. I reckon we could build up a nice little resource site for
ourselves
> that could further promote HA in the UK. What do you think ?
>
> Graham
>
>  -----Original Message-----
> From: 	Dr John Tankard [mailto:john@xxxxxxx]
> Sent:	14 May 2001 21:54
> To:	ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject:	[ukha_d] closed purchasing group list idea
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> I was thinking....dangrous I know...
>
> with all the talk of getting epods, ddar, air con, digital pix, cheap
> memory etc, should we create a private list (I can donate a list) to
> pool purchasing of said items without it being a public showing or
> subjetc to our hosts rules.
>
> Take the memory prices i listed today, i am happy to purchase on
> behalf of others in return for simular help, like the ddar's. But i
> can see that some suppliers would object about prices being shown in
> public.
>
> If there is interest i can create a list tomorow. how about it
> ukha_buy@xxxxxxx !!
>
> Any Ideas
>
> John
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