Private simply means that people who go thru the process of 'signing on' are
the only ones that can post messages.  People who are not registered users
will not be able to post.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Blackburn" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2002 8:15 PM
Subject: Re: [SCUBA-SE] Vote for public or private list


> > > I vote for members only and suggest this thread be moved to a new
> subject line.
> >
> > I vote for private.
>
> Please define?  I read the list on a regular basis, have posted a few
> questions, and a couple of trip reports.  If this were a "PRIVATE" list, I
> would never have been allowed to join.  I am a new diver ( logged 32
> dives ), and have learned a lot from this list.  Do you really want to
> exclude people like me?  I actually live in the SE ( Smyrna, GA ).  I
guess
> I'm kinda like Groucho Marks... If you go private, I'll go elsewhere.
>
> Richard
>