Alternatives have been discussed before... There are a few "message boards", but I have never been to one. I don't think Yahoo is so awful. --- Walter Coe <Whalt@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > Dave, > > That is totally over my head. I have noticed that > some Yahoo Groups don't have all the advertisements > and wondered what the deal is. But when it occurs > to me to go check with Yahoo to see how it is done, > my eyes gloss over, and I feel a desperate need for > lots of beer. > > If you want to figure it out, I'm sure that we can > easily vote to give you whatever moderator powers > are necessary to make it happen. > > BTW, I am subscribed to several BMW Motorcycle > lists. The cool thing is that they are not run by > Yahoo and have no advertisements built in. The bad > thing is that lots of people complain about > unreliability -- lost messages & such. I'm rather > tired of Yahoo myself. I've seen too many groups > just disappear and have to start over with a new > name. Yahoo has screwed around with DMCForum a few > times changing the group attributes. I think their > beef was due to having public archives with too much > 'adult content'. > > Walt > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been > removed] > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor > --------------------~--> > Yahoo! Autos. Everything you need to know about > buying > or selling a car. FREE Quotes, 360° Tours, > Research, > Blue Book, Compare Vehicles, Buy Used > http://us.click.yahoo.com/kEZsdA/bwnGAA/YiGOAA/HliolB/TM > --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > DMCForum-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Helps protect you from nasty viruses. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Yahoo! Autos. Everything you need to know about buying or selling a car. FREE Quotes, 360° Tours, Research, Blue Book, Compare Vehicles, Buy Used http://us.click.yahoo.com/kEZsdA/bwnGAA/YiGOAA/HliolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DMCForum/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: DMCForum-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/