Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/02/17

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Subject: Re: Newsgroup (was: Bye!)
From: ar487@detroit.freenet.org
Date: Mon, 17 Feb 1997 10:43:56 -0800

Roger L. Beamon wrote:
> 
> >>> I wonder if it would be a good idea to have a vote on starting a Leica
> >>> newsgroup in place of this mailing list.
> >>
> >>Friends,
> >>
> >>I personally prefer the mailing list. I read the mails coming in,
> >>but I wouldn't bother with a news reader ...
> >
> >>Hubert
> >
> >
> >I'm with Hubert!
> 
> Count me in favor of the mailing list. A newsgroup opens the participants to
> the demons of the INTERNET. A subscribed list has *some* control of bad or
> potentially actors.
> --
> Roger Beamon
>             Naturalist & Photographer
>             Docent:  Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
>             Leica Historical Society Of America
>             mailto:beamon@primenet.com
> 
I agree! Every newsgroup I have checked out is inundated with porn
vendors and chainletter marketers. At least this way I know what I'm
getting.