RE: Euphoria newsgroup
- Posted by irv at take.maxleft.com Aug 13, 2002
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Brian Broker wrote: > This has been discussed in the past and here are the main reasons: > 1. Not everybody has access to a news server that carries that > newsgroup. > 2. News servers don't always pick up every message posted to a > newsgroup. > 3. Not everybody knows how to use newsgroups. (Email or the Topica web > > interface is simply much easier for most users.) > 4. If the newsgroup becomes active, it becomes a target for SPAM... > > Did I miss anything? A couple of things: 5. Rob can control who posts to this list, thus keeping the likes of Mike the Spike from spewing hatred and threats at everyone. 6. There are more than a few strange people who's lives are so empty and worthless that the only entertainment they can find consists of 'taking over' newsgroups, burying any useful info in tons of off-topic rambles. 7. Posting to a newsgroup using your "real" e-mail address is a sure way to increase the number of spam messages you get. That's not to say that spammers couldn't gather addresses from this mailing list, but it's a lot more trouble just to get a few hundred names. Regards, Irv