Re: [xtm-wg] e-groups excrement in our messages

[Sam Hunting <sam_hunting@yahoo.com>]

Works for me -- except, egroups has an archive so I can browse past
message threads. Would we lose this? 

S.

--- "Steven R. Newcomb" <srn@techno.com> wrote:
> With regard to the following odious excrement:
> 
> >
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> I am not pleased to see the above spurious messages appended to my
> XTM-related notes.  A strong implication is created that I somehow
> endorse the advertised products, services, and ideas.  I do not
> endorse them, and I resent the fact that the faceless e-groups
> bureaucracy can introduce arbitrary commercials into my messages
> without my prior approval.
> 
> Does anyone else feel as I do?  Would anyone object to our moving the
> list forwarding service to a private forwarding service contributed
> by
> me personally?  It would cost the group nothing, and it would get rid
> of this exceedingly obnoxious automatic peeing in our messages.
> Judging from years of experience with hosting message forwarding
> services for the GCA, for HyTime.Org, the SGML Users' Group, and
> others, my server's service would be *at the very least* just as
> reliable as that provided by e-groups.
> 
> -Steve
> 
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