New List: English Lexicography

[Philip Trauring]

It's true that Yahoo! inserts ads into the e-mails on the list.
That's what allows them to offer the service for free to users. The
service also allows file storage, polls, bookmark collections,
calendars, chat and some other community-building features. I don't
believe they send you anything outside of the mails which are part of
the list (although I think you need to insure that by setting your
mail preferences online).

For those interested I've posted a PDF of 'Some Deficiencies in our
English Languages' onto the group's web site, in the files section.
It's a scan of the original printing of the two speeches and prints
fairly well.

Take care,

Philip

>On Fri, 2 Aug 2002, Philip Trauring wrote:
>
>>I believe you can subscribe without joining Yahoo! by using the e-mail
>address:
>>
>>englishlex-subscribe at yahoogroups.com
>
>Thanks. I tried that. The problem, as I suspected, is that "joining" in
>effect makes one a member of Yahoo and explicitly subjects one to various
>"Terms of Service," including these:
>
>>You also understand and agree that the Service may include advertisements
>and that these advertisements are necessary for Yahoo to provide the
>Service. You also understand and agree that the service may include
>certain communications from Yahoo!, such as service announcements,
>administrative messages and the Yahoo! Newsletter, and that these
>communications are considered part of Yahoo! membership and you will not
>be able to opt out of receiving them.<
>
>Your list will probably serve some people well; personally, I am not
>interested in being a member of Yahoo.
>
>Bethany