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Michael Plant
 
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9/26/05


> StePH,
>
>> I defer to Mike. He'll get to the bottom of it.

>
> He already has. (Nice work, Mr. Petro)
>
>
>> so, StePH, *why* exactly does GoogleGroups do that?

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> GoogleGroups licks balls because:
> * no automatic quoting
>
> * no automatic signature
>
> * You can't maintain a killfile
>
> * You can't snip crossposts without previewing and then editing your
> message first
>
> That's just a few reasons without thinking hard about it.
> Just about all I can say in its favor, is that it's free and searchable
>
> ("Use the Ball Licking archives and search for previous
> discussions...."
> -- Space Cowboy, today)
>
> stePH
> --
> GoogleGroups licks balls.
>



Why not use UseNet? (Was that a stupid question?)
If I had to sift through Google, I probably wouldn't even bother very often.
Michael