not getting it [move]

The thing that doesn't make any sense to me is this:

If we are to use this Yahoo list as just "e-mail" which is *entirely*
possible, it becomes just like the Columbia list.

And, there is *no advertising* on it, just like the Columbia list.

So, what's the difference?? People are, I guess, afraid that Yahoo
will go down? There could also be a change of administration at
Columbia. Look at the Mills list. That changed because of a change
in administration and it's been *very* difficult to reconstruct the
archives of that list.

In fact, until now, I haven't seen more than a handful of them.
Robert Walker has been working on it but, quite frankly, what
happened at Mills was *at least* as bad as anything Yahoo could do to
us!

So, basically, the idea, as I understand it, of a move was to try to
find an AD FREE WEB INTERFACE. The e-mail functions are entirely the
same!

So, unless somebody finds a site we can use with an ad free Web
Interface, what is the point of the move?

Logically, it doesn't make any sense.

If you disagree, what is the logic? I'm anxiously waiting for some.

jp

--- In tuning@y..., "jpehrson2" <jpehrson@r...> wrote:
> If you disagree, what is the logic? I'm anxiously waiting for some.

There is a lot of logic to a move, and a lot of issues that you are ignoring, but this discussion belongs elsewhere.

Jon

>If we are to use this Yahoo list as just "e-mail" which is *entirely*
>possible, it becomes just like the Columbia list.
>
>And, there is *no advertising* on it, just like the Columbia list.

I use e-mail for the list(s), and something like this appears at the
bottom of every message I send or receive...

>If you disagree, what is the logic? I'm anxiously waiting for some.

Joe, I agree we should find a web interface. There has been much
posted on the pros and cons of the various options, and I think we
all agree on them more or less. Stop whining.

Now, does anyone know anything about web interfaces?

-Carl