Yes. Would be great fun. Still the thing about eGroups, to me, is
not actually the subject matter of the group ( I belong to four
different groups there) but the SPEED at which posted messages
arrive. It's like carrying on a real time conversation and not having
to wait from one to three hours for my post to get to the list and
another one to three hours for the reply to get back.
George
On 27 Oct 2000, at 10:50, Michael Virsinger wrote:
From: "Michael Virsinger" <mikev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [OM] thought on e-groups (was "For Sale" mailing
list)
Date sent: Fri, 27 Oct 2000 10:50:59 -0400
Organization: VirTech Solutions, Inc.
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> I belong to an astronomical based mailing list hosted on e-groups and
> I must admit it is very convenient to have a web based reader
> available wherever I happen to be at the moment. It has it's pro and
> cons, but might be worth taking a look at. There is also a built in
> chat area where we have weekly scheduled chat sessions that are also a
> lot of fun!
>
> Mike
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "gwsears" <gwsears@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, October 27, 2000 12:51 AM
> Subject: RE: [OM] "For Sale" mailing list
>
>
> > I would vote for the entire group to move over to eGroups. I just
> > posted a for sale add there, took 5 seconds for to receive it.
> >
> > Takes an hour at the best and sometimes over three hours thru
> > olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.
> >
> > I like quick answers :-)
> >
> > George
> >
> >
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