I felt restricted by the tags in the beginning, but I have learned to use then to my advantage. There are some newsgroups that will accept any kind of binary you would care to post. A pointer here is all that is needed for access. Most (all?) can find a site for a web page that will allow pictures and diagrams. The Spam I receive is bad enough that I don't log on to email without looking over my shoulder. Yahoo or newsgroup posts seem to trigger a new wave every time I use them. I do understand the concerns, but there is not a 100% solution at this time. I think it would help to do away with all anonymous activity on the internet but in the real world, it would just lead to more identity theft and spoofing. I have accepted that there are some things I have to put up with to play the game! John Ferrell 6241 Phillippi Rd Julian NC 27283 Phone: (336)685-9606 johnferrell@earthlink.net Dixie Competition Products NSRCA 479 AMA 4190 W8CCW "My Competition is Not My Enemy" ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alan B. Pearce" To: Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2003 6:37 AM Subject: Re: [OT:] PICList in danger. Yahoo option 2 > >> The other problem is that it will not be possible (AFAIK) to have message > >> filtering like the MIT server does, so everyone will get everything, > >> irrespective of a desire to not have things like OT posts, which will > turn > >> off a few members from joining it. I would welcome a correction on this. > > > >You just have to turn filtering on in your mail client. > >As long as everyone puts in OT:, EE:, etc. the user can filter out > >the posts that don't interest them. IMO, a small price to pay. > > Yeah, but you still have to download a heap of posts you do not want. One of > the reasons for having the tags was it allowed people with dialup to limit > their costs by not downloading unwanted mails. With the filtering you > suggest then they would just throw away a significant chunk of a days > download. I do use the filtering you suggest to filter the mails by tags > anyway. It allows me to prioritise the way I read them. > > >A.B.P said > >>Another problem with yahoo is the pictures section only allows people to > >>view small thumbnails of pictures these days. The original poster of the > >>picture can still see it full size, but noone else. To allow people to see > >>the full sized picture it is better to put it in the files area. > > > >True. > >OTOH, you can pay Yahoo for a 'full' subscription, in which case you DO > >get to view the photos in full size. > >So how often has someone posted a photo here?? Not a problem AFAICT. > > OK I was thinking more in terms of needing to put the little quickie circuit > attachments somewhere if attachments are turned off to remove the > possibility of virus propagation, which has been a problem through Yahoo in > the past. From what you are saying elsewhere, which I have not quoted, this > may not be the problem it has in the past, but on the 6 or so yahoo groups > lists I am on, it has been evident that members have got infected, and the > address list has been spamed by the virus, which can result in messages > arriving with unwanted attachments. > > -- > http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: > [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads > -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads