Re: Moving to Google Groups

2006-02-13 Thread Cornett
Nannie Beverly, et All those in the know... Hi! On Feb 14, 2006, at 05:33 AM, PowerBooks wrote: Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2006 18:34:07 -0500 From: Beverly Woods [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Moving to Google Groups In-Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] snip If anyone would like to subscribe to the Google

Re: Moving to Google Groups

2006-02-12 Thread tim
Dan, Do we need to re-signup for this list or will we be transitioned over? Dan Knight [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: To sign up for the new list, go to http://groups.google.com/group/powerbooks There are some things about Google Groups that are a bit different, so be sure to read the

Re: Moving to Google Groups

2006-02-12 Thread Andrew Kershaw
Given the recent row between Google and the Justice Department and all the news about how search engines track our activities online, it is really wise to use Google (or Yahoo! or MSN or...) Groups for this? I noticed as I was signing up that Creating a Google Account activates Personalized

Re: Moving to Google Groups

2006-02-12 Thread Cameron Kaiser
Is anybody else concerned about this, or am I just paranoid? Myself, I don't care for Google Groups anyway. I'm not planning to subscribe to the new list. -- - personal: http://www.armory.com/~spectre/ --- Cameron Kaiser * Floodgap Systems * www.floodgap.com *

Re: Moving to Google Groups

2006-02-12 Thread yersinia
Drew writes, Is anybody else concerned about this, or am I just paranoid? You're not paranoid -- you're absolutely right, and I totally share your concerns. ~Yersinia. paranoia, n.: A healthy understanding of the way the universe works. -- PowerBooks is sponsored by

Re: Moving to Google Groups

2006-02-12 Thread Brian McEwen
On Feb 12, 2006, at 2:25 PM, Andrew Kershaw wrote: Google can track me by IP, and I can't do anything about that. But voluntarily giving Google more info (like my email address, my proclivity for talking about Macs, etc) sounds like a bad idea. Right now, somebody has to go figure that

Re: Moving to Google Groups

2006-02-12 Thread nhj
how well will google's fancy features work on our old powebooks? wayne -- PowerBooks is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support

Re: Moving to Google Groups

2006-02-12 Thread Bruce Johnson
On Feb 12, 2006, at 3:10 PM, nhj wrote: how well will google's fancy features work on our old powebooks? Once you sign up you can have it send e-mail to you, so it's just like it is now, the e-mails are coming from a different source, that's all. You don't have to use the web

Re: Moving to Google Groups

2006-02-12 Thread Beverly Woods
Drew wrote: I noticed as I was signing up that Creating a Google Account activates Personalized Search, which finds the search results most relevant to you based on your search history and more. That's pretty disturbing to me. I know I can turn it off, but somehow I doubt that checkbox

Re: Moving to Google Groups

2006-02-12 Thread Andrew Kershaw
If anyone would like to subscribe to the Google version of this list without signing up for a Google Account, or just so you can keep getting your list email with the address you are using now, you can join the group by sending an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This will allow you to subscribe

Moving to Google Groups

2006-02-11 Thread Dan Knight
Members of the 1st PowerMacs list, We're slowly moving the Low End Mac email lists from Maclaunch to Google Groups, which we see as a real improvment. Google Groups functions as an email list, so if you want to keep doing things like you have in the past, that's fine. It also adds a

Re: Moving to Google Groups

2006-02-11 Thread Clark Martin
At 8:53 AM -0500 2/11/06, Dan Knight wrote: Members of the 1st PowerMacs list, We're slowly moving the Low End Mac email lists from Maclaunch to Google Groups, which we see as a real improvment. Google Groups functions as an email list, so if you want to keep doing things like you have in the