P3D Re: eGroups.com

["Dan Shelley" <dshelley@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>>In digest 3779, Peter Davis writes, in part:
>>
>><< some reason not to move these
>> lists to Onelist.com/eGroups.com?  I can think of many advantages, not
>> least of which is that eGroups.com is currently offering a $500 bonus if
>> you move your large list to their service. >>
>>
>>Five hundred bucks?  Hmmm, now why would they do that?  How about so THEY
>can
>>spam us?  Or sell the names to spammers?
>
>One advertisement is included at the bottom of every distributed e-mail. A
>large list being added translate into many more e-mails being sent, and
more
>income to the free onelist service. It's a trade off, and I can VERY easily
>ignore the ads at the bottom of the messages that come to me from existing
>lists there.
>
>A nice feature is that lists can be "hidden" from the public, and archive
>searching can be limited to existing members. Also, e-mail address in the
>archives are abbreviated.
>
>FWIW,
>
>Dan
>
>