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Acolyte Mathnerd, Seraph of General Evilness and Black Trenchcoats(court devil of the Kindom of Balwyniti, Muse and Keeper) Posted Dec 21, 2000
how exactly do egroups work? i'm not familiar with them, sorry...
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Dragonfly. "A poet can survive everything but a misprint"-- Oscar Wilde Posted Dec 21, 2000
OH!!! But you happily twist up hamsters, dip them into scalding hot chocolate and then offer them as snacks!!! 
::crosses arms::
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Acolyte Mathnerd, Seraph of General Evilness and Black Trenchcoats(court devil of the Kindom of Balwyniti, Muse and Keeper) Posted Dec 21, 2000
lol
who ever said they were real hamsters dragofly darling?
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Dragonfly. "A poet can survive everything but a misprint"-- Oscar Wilde Posted Dec 21, 2000
Oh!!!.... you mean... maybe... they were baked out of yeast, salt, flour, water!??
e-groups are groovy because they allow you to address all members of one organization or another at ONE place, and they can address you-- and you can check up on new happenings and concerns...
We also make polls...
YAY!!! 
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Acolyte Mathnerd, Seraph of General Evilness and Black Trenchcoats(court devil of the Kindom of Balwyniti, Muse and Keeper) Posted Dec 21, 2000
yup, your hamster guess was right. so will you NOW have some?
i gave you your hamsters in the christmuse dinner thread i believe....
and so, must one sign up for an egroup?
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You can call me TC Posted Dec 21, 2000
Yes, unless your e-mail address is known to the "moderator" or "owner" of the group and he/she can send you an invitation. So go to the link and press "Subscribe"
I am already in three and find them very productive. The screen is very user-friendly for everyone. It takes ages to load, though. And sets dozens of cookies - sometimes even when you're not even on the site.
You have the following functions:
*Anyone in the group can deposit a file or a link for all to use.
*A calendar for group events or deadlines
*You can e-mail the whole group or individuals in the group, directly from the egroup site
*You can opt to have all e-mails that are sent within the group to be posted to your usual messenger (I think this is the default option) Very busy people or half-hearted members can opt to just check out the messages by going on to the egroup site directly.
* You can keep your anonymity by always answering mail from the e-group site, which uses a profile you can set up yourself.
*You can join any number of groups, but as far as I can tell, you always have the same profile
*You can set up polls
* You can join or leave the group at any time
* Each group has a chatroom, which has already proved useful in the GerManiaConnection. Everything you have to say to each other doesn't have to be stored for ever, as it would be if you conversed in an H2G2 forum.
For example, I have asked everyone in the GerManiaConnection to post a suggestion for a GMC Christmas card. Tomorrow I shall then set up a poll for the members to vote for the best entry, which we will then make public (somehow) on H2G2. (It's all advertising, really!!!) 
The fact that not many people have posted entries yet does not detract from the interesting possibilities these functions offer.
So this e-group thing is really quite good, and it takes the work away from the Group owner - e.g. you don't have to keep tabs on e-mail addresses yourself - the members do that. Apart from which, if you have a crash, all the messages are on the e-group server.
There are probably some disadvantages (maybe hidden in the cookies) but if you use it solely for the group purpose, I can't seen any great harm that can happen.
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You can call me TC Posted Dec 21, 2000
Yes, unless your e-mail address is known to the "moderator" or "owner" of the group and he/she can send you an invitation. So go to the link and press "Subscribe"
I am already in three and find them very productive. The screen is very user-friendly for everyone. It takes ages to load, though. And sets dozens of cookies - sometimes even when you're not even on the site.
You have the following functions:
*Anyone in the group can deposit a file or a link for all to use.
*A calendar for group events or deadlines
*You can e-mail the whole group or individuals in the group, directly from the egroup site
*You can opt to have all e-mails that are sent within the group to be posted to your usual messenger (I think this is the default option) Very busy people or half-hearted members can opt to just check out the messages by going on to the egroup site directly.
* You can keep your anonymity by always answering mail from the e-group site, which uses a profile you can set up yourself.
*You can join any number of groups, but as far as I can tell, you always have the same profile
*You can set up polls
* You can join or leave the group at any time
* Each group has a chatroom, which has already proved useful in the GerManiaConnection. Everything you have to say to each other doesn't have to be stored for ever, as it would be if you conversed in an H2G2 forum.
For example, I have asked everyone in the GerManiaConnection to post a suggestion for a GMC Christmas card. Tomorrow I shall then set up a poll for the members to vote for the best entry, which we will then make public (somehow) on H2G2. (It's all advertising, really!!!) The fact that not many people have posted entries yet does not detract from the interesting possibilities these functions offer.
So this e-group thing is really quite good, and it takes the work away from the Group owner - e.g. you don't have to keep tabs on e-mail addresses yourself - the members do that. Apart from which, if you have a crash, all the messages are on the e-group server.
There are probably some disadvantages (maybe hidden in the cookies) but if you use it solely for the group purpose, I can't seen any great harm that can happen.
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Dragonfly. "A poet can survive everything but a misprint"-- Oscar Wilde Posted Dec 21, 2000
what she said...
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Acolyte Mathnerd, Seraph of General Evilness and Black Trenchcoats(court devil of the Kindom of Balwyniti, Muse and Keeper) Posted Dec 22, 2000
ok, thanks guys.
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Dragonfly. "A poet can survive everything but a misprint"-- Oscar Wilde Posted Dec 22, 2000
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Researcher 159112 Posted Dec 22, 2000
Going off the subject slightly: may I join? I'm an alto.
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Ottox Posted Dec 23, 2000
Of course you may! Even though I'm a bit worried that one of our tenors will forget all about looking at the conductor...
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Kasia, P.S. of Syncopation,Muse of Classic Goo Fans, Keeper of Rainbows, Zaphodista (visit Crossed Purposes Pub: A429310) Posted Dec 23, 2000
Oh, nice to see, we are growing fast
... Tenor? Conductor? Explanation, please...
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Ottox Posted Dec 23, 2000
I'm afraid that Silly Willy's eyes will be on our new alto all the time!
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Kasia, P.S. of Syncopation,Muse of Classic Goo Fans, Keeper of Rainbows, Zaphodista (visit Crossed Purposes Pub: A429310) Posted Dec 23, 2000
Aha! Hmm, it seems I missed here something, no?
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You can call me TC Posted Dec 23, 2000
You certainly did - go and look at the Christmas stocking forum. (Link from the front page I think, still)
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Dragonfly. "A poet can survive everything but a misprint"-- Oscar Wilde Posted Dec 23, 2000
...We have a conductor!??
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Ottox Posted Dec 24, 2000
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL MEMBERS!!!
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- 201: Acolyte Mathnerd, Seraph of General Evilness and Black Trenchcoats(court devil of the Kindom of Balwyniti, Muse and Keeper) (Dec 21, 2000)
- 202: Dragonfly. "A poet can survive everything but a misprint"-- Oscar Wilde (Dec 21, 2000)
- 203: Acolyte Mathnerd, Seraph of General Evilness and Black Trenchcoats(court devil of the Kindom of Balwyniti, Muse and Keeper) (Dec 21, 2000)
- 204: Dragonfly. "A poet can survive everything but a misprint"-- Oscar Wilde (Dec 21, 2000)
- 205: Acolyte Mathnerd, Seraph of General Evilness and Black Trenchcoats(court devil of the Kindom of Balwyniti, Muse and Keeper) (Dec 21, 2000)
- 206: You can call me TC (Dec 21, 2000)
- 207: You can call me TC (Dec 21, 2000)
- 208: Dragonfly. "A poet can survive everything but a misprint"-- Oscar Wilde (Dec 21, 2000)
- 209: Acolyte Mathnerd, Seraph of General Evilness and Black Trenchcoats(court devil of the Kindom of Balwyniti, Muse and Keeper) (Dec 22, 2000)
- 210: Dragonfly. "A poet can survive everything but a misprint"-- Oscar Wilde (Dec 22, 2000)
- 211: Researcher 159112 (Dec 22, 2000)
- 212: Ottox (Dec 23, 2000)
- 213: Kasia, P.S. of Syncopation,Muse of Classic Goo Fans, Keeper of Rainbows, Zaphodista (visit Crossed Purposes Pub: A429310) (Dec 23, 2000)
- 214: Ottox (Dec 23, 2000)
- 215: Kasia, P.S. of Syncopation,Muse of Classic Goo Fans, Keeper of Rainbows, Zaphodista (visit Crossed Purposes Pub: A429310) (Dec 23, 2000)
- 216: You can call me TC (Dec 23, 2000)
- 217: Researcher 159112 (Dec 23, 2000)
- 218: Dragonfly. "A poet can survive everything but a misprint"-- Oscar Wilde (Dec 23, 2000)
- 219: Ottox (Dec 24, 2000)
- 220: Ottox (Dec 24, 2000)
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