For what it's worth, I respect, but regret, Tony's decision. I believe he
is also caught between a rock and a hard place.
He is the owner of his company and has established a policy that Yahoo
groups are banned on his company network. He cannot now introduce a 'do as
I say, not as I do' policy if he wishes to maintain crediblity with his
staff and clients. That is if he wishes to remain subscribed to this group.
Were any other list servers investigated?
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Chris Cameron Europa #386
chris.cameron@ot.co.nz ZK-MYN
cell: +64 21 650 680
Life, don't talk to me about life ....(Marvin - HHGTTG)
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-europa@post.aviators.net
> Subject: RE: With regret
>
>
> which makes
>
> For each message posted there are links to allow you to "Ignore This User"
> and "Report Abuse" and if you find someone's post to be offensive it is
> rather simple to "Ignore This User" after using the link to "Turn Ignore
> On." So much for the porn problem. For the record, never have
> any postings
> in the Message Board I monitor been off topic let alone off color.
>
> Spam is a bit harder to deal with mainly because it isn't possible to find
> out why it arrived in your mailbox. By definition it's not Spam if the
> sender tells you why you got the message, and you got it because you
> (perhaps indirectly) asked to get such messages. Why assume it
> is the fault
>
> we trust? Or, to rephrase that, how can we be sure that ANY comparable
> service could be trusted?
>
> In the absence of data to support claims of porn, Spam, and privacy
> violations, where's the problem? All together now, let's all make like
> Buffalo Springfield in 1966 and sing a bit of Stephen Stills'
> "For What It's
> Worth"
>
> Paranoia strikes deep
> Into your life it will creep
> It starts when you're always afraid
> You step out of line, the man come and take you away
>
> Come on Tony, stay with the group. (Please?)
>
>
> Best regards,
>
> Rob Housman
> A070
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-europa@post.aviators.net
> Subject: Re: With regret
>
> As I've never been on a Yahoo group, I have no experience of the problems
> cited - but I must agree that Tony is a major figure in our Europa world,
> and one whose judgement I'm sure we respect (about aircraft directly, but
> then by inference also in the world of IT and the net). So if he
> is unhappy
> about Yahoo then I guess it is a real issue; and if he is to be
> lost to the
> group that would be a real blow. As Shaun says, this is not a criticism of
> John's efforts, we can I'm sure see the attractions of the Yahoo route -
> but it seems that its negative points may only be apparent to those who
> have used it?
>
> I really hope a resolution can be found - this is a super group we have
> here (as the aircraft itself deserves!), and surely a very valuable
> resource to builders (not that I can speak from experience in that
> department yet!). It would be a real tragedy to spoil it.
>
> Stewart B
>
> Message text written by "Shaun Simpkins"
> >This is not good. How many others have had problems with Yahoo? I
> personally would
> hate to lose a central figure of the Europa web to this...
>
> John, not to criticise your efforts in setting this up. Tony, can you
> offer
> a better list server?
>
> How do I find out the privacy policy and safeguards operative on the Yahoo
> list server?
> I've been getting far too many Viagra and "enhancer" spam of late.
>
> Seesh, nothing's perfect.
>
> Shaun Simpkins
> A207<
>
>
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