[HPFGU-Feedback] Re: ADMIN: Possible Threat to the HPFGU Family of Lists

[angry_wangry]

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Helen wrote: 

"If I may be so bold... I don't post very often to HP4GU because I
really, strongly dislike the mailing list format for this type of
discussion. Threads are difficult to follow and to filter (what you 
want
to read vs. what you don't). I only stay subscribed because it is one
of the very few places I can find intelligent, mature Harry Potter 
canon
discussion. Bottom line: I think mailing lists are inferior for 
threaded
discussion, but I love HP4GU and would sorely miss it.

I have a suggestion to make... if Yahoo is really THAT arbitrary in 
how
it ToSses its groups, why not move the list? Or set up a vBulletin
Board? At the very least move the list some place where it isn't at 
the
whim and mercy of trolls and administrators who don't care (Yahoo
admins, not list admins)?

I am on a few mailing lists for fanfiction of a *cough* adult nature,
and those lists seem to exist just fine. If HP4GU is in danger for 
the
word SEX in a thread title, Yahoo really is completely arbitrary."

I agree completely, a message board type arrangement would make it 
so much easier to follow ideas. Perhaps, though, it's because I am 
reading the messages on the Yahoo group master site, where they are 
posted in chronological order, so sometimes it can be VERY hard to 
follow ideas (particularly when the thread name changes). Also, if 
you come in halfway through a discussion, it can be hard to find out 
where that particular idea began.

(I'm having trouble setting up Outlook - what to put in the POP3, 
HTTP or IMAP server box, and the outgoing mail/STMP box? Sorry it's 
OT, but if anyone can help/advise, my e-mail is 
angry_wangry at yahoo.co.uk. Many thanks.)

Back on topic, I'm assuming if HPFGU had to leave Yahoo and assumed 
a message board format, due to the enormous volume of mail/posts 
involved the expenses on, say, an ezboard site would be quite large. 
At least, for the moment, Yahoo groups are free. 

Not that I'll stop reading any time soon, whatever happens. :D

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Mad