[wlug_org] Welly LUG list for buy/sell/swap etc

Jethro Carr wlug_org@lists.naos.co.nz
Wed, 25 Aug 2004 07:38:24 +1200


On Wed, 2004-08-25 at 00:41, Tony Wills wrote:
> At 17:20 24/08/04 +1200, Chris Hodgetts wrote:
> 
> >Just my personal opinion and 2c worth....
> 
> If I could bank all those 2c worth of comments that abound on the internet, 
> I'd be rich ;-)

Wasn't that what microsoft proposed with 'email stamps' to try and
prevent spam? ;-)



> The advantage of a mailing list is no maintenance, messages are transient 
> beasts no one needs to maintain a webpage etc ... if the item hasn't gone 
> (or been acquired etc) just repost as necessary.
> If you do want to have a web version, I really like the phpBB bulletin 
> boards - easy to setup (I've set one up already), you can reply to people 
> through the board or via email depending upon how they wish to be 
> contacted.  You can include pictures etc (although they'd probably have to 
> be hosted somewhere else).  You can have separate categories and can have 
> messages being automatically expired.
> 
> http://list.afraid.org/phpBB2/index.php
> 
> All done and ready to roll, give it a go :-)
> 

This looks cool.


Do you want to make this the offical buy/sell/trade page?

If so, I'm sure Ewen would not mind a link on the wellylug site under
'Resources' - where there are many other links. (better ask him though).

Then, tell everyone on the main list.



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