Egroups List to Discuss FAQs

[smitster1]

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No: HPFGUIDX C5896
From: smitster1
Subject: Re: Egroups List to Discuss FAQs
Reply To: [Yahoo! #5844] Egroups List to Discuss FAQs
Date: 8/5/00 6:27 pm  (ET)

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[[Melanie asked <<<As far as discussing the FAQs, I was thinking of
setting up a separate,private group on Yahoo or eGroups, specifically
for the purpose. That way, we're not taking up chat time or space on
this message board. What do you
guys think?>>>]]

I guess my first reaction would be to have this FAQ spin-off group
hosted on Yahoo! rather than eGroups (despite the possible merge). But
after listing reasons of switching vs. staying, you can see I could be
easily converted.

My main reasons for STAYING on Yahoo! is that:
1. It's just one place
2. We all know what Yahoo! can or cannot do.
3. The little "who's on-line" thing is handy.
4. We can keep our current aliases
5. The Yahoo! chat interface is rather slick
6. I like Yahoo!
7. Yahoo! is not bloated with images, ads, or graphics which tends
to slow things down and present me with garbage that adds nothing but
download-idle time.

I would support SWITCHIG to eGroups if they:
1. Save all messages like Yahoo! and apparently does not do any house
cleaning (like Yahoo!)
2. Has a spell checker.
3. Add reply text when hitting reply.
4. Show a thread (or reply) tree.
5. Are reliable (like Yahoo!--har, har)
6. Has a slicker chat interface
7. Has a slicker on-line message viewer
8. Has a message search function
9. Has on-line disk storage accessable to club members
10. Has a private group with controlled access (like the Yahoo! private
club thingy)
11. Provide a better job of timezone issues.
12. Supports HTML formatted posts are allowed.
13. Have a bigger message post window.