I've been looking into the Google Beta version for Groups. It still
has a few warts, but Reply to Author seems to be a very nice feature,
since it allows a poster to send me his/her e-mail address for passing
files without either of us posting our address in the newsgroup.
Satisfies a real need, it seems to me. They will be able to see my
e-mail address on their sent mail, but at least we don't have to post
our addresses in the ng to pass files. I can always just delete their
e-mail if necessary. I would prefer to explictly allow the poster to
e-mail me, but ng security is weak anyway, so this is an improvement.
Any comments? James

But Google will have it, and a record of who you emailed, what you said. No
thanks!

--
HTH

Bob Phillips

(replace somewhere in email address with gmail if mailing direct)

"Zone" wrote in message
oups.com...
I've been looking into the Google Beta version for Groups. It still
has a few warts, but Reply to Author seems to be a very nice feature,
since it allows a poster to send me his/her e-mail address for passing
files without either of us posting our address in the newsgroup.
Satisfies a real need, it seems to me. They will be able to see my
e-mail address on their sent mail, but at least we don't have to post
our addresses in the ng to pass files. I can always just delete their
e-mail if necessary. I would prefer to explictly allow the poster to
e-mail me, but ng security is weak anyway, so this is an improvement.
Any comments? James

Thank you, Bob, for your reply. That's an interesting perspective I
hadn't thought of. I tend to still like the Reply to Author method,
because:
1. Google has my e-mail address, anyway.
2. For Excel topics, I don't really care if my e-mail content is
pirated because it's just helping people, which I enjoy.
3. A few people have tried to help me set up a more secure way of
e-mailing posters. I think I'm fairly smart on some Excel things, but
I just "don't get" a lot of internet stuff, including that.
I notice that you use gmail. From the g, I assumed that was a Google
service (probably wrong!)
Your posts are always informative and interesting. Thanks again.
Best regards,
James
Bob Phillips wrote:
But Google will have it, and a record of who you emailed, what you said. No
thanks!

--
HTH

Bob Phillips

(replace somewhere in email address with gmail if mailing direct)

"Zone" wrote in message
oups.com...
I've been looking into the Google Beta version for Groups. It still
has a few warts, but Reply to Author seems to be a very nice feature,
since it allows a poster to send me his/her e-mail address for passing
files without either of us posting our address in the newsgroup.
Satisfies a real need, it seems to me. They will be able to see my
e-mail address on their sent mail, but at least we don't have to post
our addresses in the ng to pass files. I can always just delete their
e-mail if necessary. I would prefer to explictly allow the poster to
e-mail me, but ng security is weak anyway, so this is an improvement.
Any comments? James

No, you are right, it is a gmail account, but I only use it to add to the
usenet service. I go in probably once a week and see if there is anything
interesting, bin most of it. I never use it to start a conversation.

--
HTH

Bob Phillips

(replace somewhere in email address with gmail if mailing direct)

"Zone" wrote in message
ups.com...
Thank you, Bob, for your reply. That's an interesting perspective I
hadn't thought of. I tend to still like the Reply to Author method,
because:
1. Google has my e-mail address, anyway.
2. For Excel topics, I don't really care if my e-mail content is
pirated because it's just helping people, which I enjoy.
3. A few people have tried to help me set up a more secure way of
e-mailing posters. I think I'm fairly smart on some Excel things, but
I just "don't get" a lot of internet stuff, including that.
I notice that you use gmail. From the g, I assumed that was a Google
service (probably wrong!)
Your posts are always informative and interesting. Thanks again.
Best regards,
James
Bob Phillips wrote:
But Google will have it, and a record of who you emailed, what you said.
No
thanks!

--
HTH

Bob Phillips

(replace somewhere in email address with gmail if mailing direct)

"Zone" wrote in message
oups.com...
I've been looking into the Google Beta version for Groups. It still
has a few warts, but Reply to Author seems to be a very nice feature,
since it allows a poster to send me his/her e-mail address for passing
files without either of us posting our address in the newsgroup.
Satisfies a real need, it seems to me. They will be able to see my
e-mail address on their sent mail, but at least we don't have to post
our addresses in the ng to pass files. I can always just delete their
e-mail if necessary. I would prefer to explictly allow the poster to
e-mail me, but ng security is weak anyway, so this is an improvement.
Any comments? James

Bob,
Like me you have a gmail account which means Google has a record of all your
exchanges, with which analyse and target you with [sic] relevant
advertising.

Zone,
From time to time I post my email address in thinly disguised form. AFAIK to
date no trawler has scooped it up.

Regards,
Peter T


"Bob Phillips" wrote in message
...
But Google will have it, and a record of who you emailed, what you said.
No
thanks!

--
HTH

Bob Phillips

(replace somewhere in email address with gmail if mailing direct)

"Zone" wrote in message
oups.com...
I've been looking into the Google Beta version for Groups. It still
has a few warts, but Reply to Author seems to be a very nice feature,
since it allows a poster to send me his/her e-mail address for passing
files without either of us posting our address in the newsgroup.
Satisfies a real need, it seems to me. They will be able to see my
e-mail address on their sent mail, but at least we don't have to post
our addresses in the ng to pass files. I can always just delete their
e-mail if necessary. I would prefer to explictly allow the poster to
e-mail me, but ng security is weak anyway, so this is an improvement.
Any comments? James

James, I post an old yahoo address when I need to see a file. I have notice a
lot more spam being sent to the bulk folder since then... Oh well, I guess
that's what spam filters are for.
--
Charles Chickering

"A good example is twice the value of good advice."


"Peter T" wrote:

Bob,
Like me you have a gmail account which means Google has a record of all your
exchanges, with which analyse and target you with [sic] relevant
advertising.

Zone,
From time to time I post my email address in thinly disguised form. AFAIK to
date no trawler has scooped it up.

Regards,
Peter T


"Bob Phillips" wrote in message
...
But Google will have it, and a record of who you emailed, what you said.
No
thanks!

--
HTH

Bob Phillips

(replace somewhere in email address with gmail if mailing direct)

"Zone" wrote in message
oups.com...
I've been looking into the Google Beta version for Groups. It still
has a few warts, but Reply to Author seems to be a very nice feature,
since it allows a poster to send me his/her e-mail address for passing
files without either of us posting our address in the newsgroup.
Satisfies a real need, it seems to me. They will be able to see my
e-mail address on their sent mail, but at least we don't have to post
our addresses in the ng to pass files. I can always just delete their
e-mail if necessary. I would prefer to explictly allow the poster to
e-mail me, but ng security is weak anyway, so this is an improvement.
Any comments? James

Charles, Another interesting strategy. My main problem is if I'm
trying to help someone and they need a userform solution, it's almost
impossible to explain how to layout and hook up a user form in the
newsgroup. Wouldn't it be great if Google had a way to pass Excel
files anonymously? Then I could just download the file to Google and
tell the person I'm trying to help the name of the file and they could
go to the Google resource and download it. Guess that is asking for
the moon and stars. Google does seem to be trying to address the
problem. Hopefully they'll keep working on it. Regards, James
Charles Chickering wrote:
James, I post an old yahoo address when I need to see a file. I have notice a
lot more spam being sent to the bulk folder since then... Oh well, I guess
that's what spam filters are for.
--
Charles Chickering

"A good example is twice the value of good advice."


"Peter T" wrote:

Bob,
Like me you have a gmail account which means Google has a record of all your
exchanges, with which analyse and target you with [sic] relevant
advertising.

Zone,
From time to time I post my email address in thinly disguised form. AFAIK to
date no trawler has scooped it up.

Regards,
Peter T


"Bob Phillips" wrote in message
...
But Google will have it, and a record of who you emailed, what you said.
No
thanks!

--
HTH

Bob Phillips

(replace somewhere in email address with gmail if mailing direct)

"Zone" wrote in message
oups.com...
I've been looking into the Google Beta version for Groups. It still
has a few warts, but Reply to Author seems to be a very nice feature,
since it allows a poster to send me his/her e-mail address for passing
files without either of us posting our address in the newsgroup.
Satisfies a real need, it seems to me. They will be able to see my
e-mail address on their sent mail, but at least we don't have to post
our addresses in the ng to pass files. I can always just delete their
e-mail if necessary. I would prefer to explictly allow the poster to
e-mail me, but ng security is weak anyway, so this is an improvement.
Any comments? James

There are plenty of free web hosters for the sort of thing that you mention,
such as http://cjoint.com, http://flypicture.com/index.cfm?display=upload,
etc.

--
HTH

Bob Phillips

(replace somewhere in email address with gmail if mailing direct)

"Zone" wrote in message
oups.com...
Charles, Another interesting strategy. My main problem is if I'm
trying to help someone and they need a userform solution, it's almost
impossible to explain how to layout and hook up a user form in the
newsgroup. Wouldn't it be great if Google had a way to pass Excel
files anonymously? Then I could just download the file to Google and
tell the person I'm trying to help the name of the file and they could
go to the Google resource and download it. Guess that is asking for
the moon and stars. Google does seem to be trying to address the
problem. Hopefully they'll keep working on it. Regards, James
Charles Chickering wrote:
James, I post an old yahoo address when I need to see a file. I have
notice a
lot more spam being sent to the bulk folder since then... Oh well, I
guess
that's what spam filters are for.
--
Charles Chickering

"A good example is twice the value of good advice."


"Peter T" wrote:

Bob,
Like me you have a gmail account which means Google has a record of
all your
exchanges, with which analyse and target you with [sic] relevant
advertising.

Zone,
From time to time I post my email address in thinly disguised form.
AFAIK to
date no trawler has scooped it up.

Regards,
Peter T


"Bob Phillips" wrote in message
...
But Google will have it, and a record of who you emailed, what you
said.
No
thanks!

--
HTH

Bob Phillips

(replace somewhere in email address with gmail if mailing direct)

"Zone" wrote in message
oups.com...
I've been looking into the Google Beta version for Groups. It
still
has a few warts, but Reply to Author seems to be a very nice
feature,
since it allows a poster to send me his/her e-mail address for
passing
files without either of us posting our address in the newsgroup.
Satisfies a real need, it seems to me. They will be able to see
my
e-mail address on their sent mail, but at least we don't have to
post
our addresses in the ng to pass files. I can always just delete
their
e-mail if necessary. I would prefer to explictly allow the poster
to
e-mail me, but ng security is weak anyway, so this is an
improvement.
Any comments? James

Peter,

As I said to Zone, I only use it to add to the usenet service. I go in
probably once a week and see if there is anything interesting, bin most of
it. I never use it to start a conversation.

Bob


"Peter T" <peter_t@discussions wrote in message
...
Bob,
Like me you have a gmail account which means Google has a record of all
your
exchanges, with which analyse and target you with [sic] relevant
advertising.

Zone,
From time to time I post my email address in thinly disguised form. AFAIK
to
date no trawler has scooped it up.

Regards,
Peter T


"Bob Phillips" wrote in message
...
But Google will have it, and a record of who you emailed, what you said.
No
thanks!

--
HTH

Bob Phillips

(replace somewhere in email address with gmail if mailing direct)

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