From britdisc-owner@csv.warwick.ac.uk Fri May 31 15:51:34 2002 Received: from sorrel.csv.warwick.ac.uk (root@sorrel [137.205.192.54]) by pansy.csv.warwick.ac.uk (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g4VEpXI15032 for <suaaz@mail.csv.warwick.ac.uk>; Fri, 31 May 2002 15:51:33 +0100 (BST) Received: from agave.csv.warwick.ac.uk (root@agave [137.205.192.52]) by sorrel.csv.warwick.ac.uk (8.12.0/8.12.0) with ESMTP id g4VEp0qL022744; Fri, 31 May 2002 15:51:00 +0100 (BST) Received: from agave.csv.warwick.ac.uk (daemon@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by agave.csv.warwick.ac.uk (8.12.0/8.12.0) with ESMTP id g4VEjgQR019752 for <britdisc-outgoing@agave.csv.warwick.ac.uk>; Fri, 31 May 2002 15:45:42 +0100 (BST) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by agave.csv.warwick.ac.uk (8.12.0/8.12.0/Submit) id g4VEjgLp019751 for britdisc-outgoing; Fri, 31 May 2002 15:45:42 +0100 (BST) Received: from pootle.near.me.uk (pootle.near.me.uk [212.250.92.156]) by agave.csv.warwick.ac.uk (8.12.0/8.12.0) with ESMTP id g4VEjfQR019746 for <britdisc-real@majordomo.csv.warwick.ac.uk>; Fri, 31 May 2002 15:45:41 +0100 (BST) Received: (from bdforward2@localhost) by pootle.near.me.uk (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g4VDhqG31444 for britdisc-real@majordomo.csv.warwick.ac.uk; Fri, 31 May 2002 14:43:52 +0100 Received: from pootle.near.me.uk (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by pootle.near.me.uk (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g4VDd2T31380; Fri, 31 May 2002 14:39:02 +0100 Received: from web14204.mail.yahoo.com (web14204.mail.yahoo.com [216.136.172.146]) by pootle.near.me.uk (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id g4VDciT31354 for <britdisc@near.me.uk>; Fri, 31 May 2002 14:38:44 +0100 Message-ID: <20020531144032.65271.qmail@web14204.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [213.48.46.163] by web14204.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Fri, 31 May 2002 07:40:32 PDT From: Malcolm <mal2000c@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [BD] Cross posting to Britdisc and Student-ultimate To: Richard Sampson <richard@pootle.near.me.uk>, student-ultimate@yahoogroups.com, britdisc@near.me.uk In-Reply-To: <5.0.2.1.0.20020531145415.02eb9350@pop.freeserve.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-BeenThere: britdisc@near.me.uk X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 List-Help: <mailto:britdisc-request@near.me.uk?subject=help> List-Post: <mailto:britdisc@near.me.uk> List-Subscribe: <http://pootle.near.me.uk/mailman/listinfo/britdisc>, <mailto:britdisc-request@near.me.uk?subject=subscribe> List-Id: Information about UK disc sports <britdisc.near.me.uk> List-Unsubscribe: <http://pootle.near.me.uk/mailman/listinfo/britdisc>, <mailto:britdisc-request@near.me.uk?subject=unsubscribe> List-Archive: <http://pootle.near.me.uk/mailman/private/britdisc/> Date: Fri, 31 May 2002 07:40:32 -0700 (PDT) Sender: owner-britdisc@warwick.ac.uk Precedence: bulk Richard, Loving the cross post ;-) Malcolm Brunel STD Hammerage --- Richard Sampson <richard@pootle.near.me.uk> wrote: > Ben, > > Are you suggesting that if there is email > information that is relevant to > Britdisc and the Student-ultimate egroup then the > student egroup should not > be emailed? > > Richard > > > At 12:19 31/05/02 +0100, Ben Ravilious wrote: > >I disagree - it defeats the point of having two > separate lists. > > > >We do need to define the purpose of the two lists > more clearly however. > > > >Ben > > > > > > > "Cross-posters should be strung up. Don't do > it!" > > > > > > Assuming the student egroup and Britdisc don't > have exactly the same > > > members/subscribers, I feel cross posting does > serve a purpose and is > > > inevitable. > > > > > > At the same time, I do agree that on occasions > cross posting is > >unnecessary. > > > > > > From my own experience, I occasionally post > messages to both groups > > > because I would like both communities of > subscribers to have the > > > opportunity to receive the information. Again, I > am assuming the student > > > egroup and Britdisc don't have exactly the same > members/subscribers. > > > > > > My email contributions are generally directed to > people within the UK who > > > share a passion for flying discs and flying disc > sports. Naturally I want > > > the emails to touch as many UK disc enthusiasts > as possible, this is my > > > reason for posting messages to both egroups. > > > > > > I would suggest that if information is relevant > to a student egroup and a > > > general egroup (Britdisc) then it should be > shared across both groups. I > > > don't see any reason why those who only > subscribe to one egroup should be > > > denied the opportunity to receive information if > it is relevant to them. > > > > > > If the members/subscribers to both egroups are > exactly the same however, I > > > would suggest that is a separate issue. > > > > > > Email is an unbelievable tool for supporting the > disc community, however > >it > > > has it's faults. > > > Generally speaking, for those who care about > knowing what's going on, > > > Britdisc and Student Ultimate provide an > effective service to their > > > respective communities. > > > > > > Richard > > > > > > *Disc Sports Weekend > > > 8-9 June, Aylesbury, Bucks > > > Disc Golf + pick up DDC, Ultimate and Goaltimate > > > www.discgolf.co.uk/greenparkopen > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to > > > <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/>http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the > ><http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/>Yahoo! Terms of > Service. > > __________________________________________________ > BritDisc mailing list > BritDisc@near.me.uk > http://pootle.near.me.uk/mailman/listinfo/britdisc > ===== E-Mail Back on mal2000c@yahoo.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com __________________________________________________ BritDisc mailing list BritDisc@near.me.uk http://pootle.near.me.uk/mailman/listinfo/britdisc