At 06:50 PM 10/04/2003 +1200, you wrote:

>Hi, just a quick reply as it just might be the ib-support news group
>set-up...
>
>My experience...
>
> >From the firebird site
>(http://firebird.sourceforge.net/index.php?op=lists) I click on the
>ib-support archives web site link and it takes me to a yahoo site where
>I have to log on..."Sign in with your ID and password to continue"
>
>BUT... If I do the same thing for the IBObjects archive link, it takes
>me straight to the messages... No log on required.

Colin,
Tomorrow, try it the other way around. :-)) You only have to log in once -
yahoo stores a cookie which lasts 24 hours.

heLen

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Milan Babuskov [mailto:albis@...]
>Sent: Thursday, 10 April 2003 6:45 p.m.
>To: ib-support@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: Re: [ib-support] "Bankers Rounding" Function
>
>
>C Fraser wrote:
> > I had a go... Is the only history at Yahoo? (Were they want to know
> > all sorts of personal information (including your credit card number
> > (for age verification!!)... I just want to have a look at some
> > archived news items Mr Yahoo, I don't really want to go though all
> > that hassle, and really, why do you care where I work or what the name
>
> > of my dog is!...)
> >
> > Sorry... Frustration slipping out...
>
>Well, the whole yahoo thing might be off topic here, but I have to react
>
>on this. I found Yahoo! groups to be one of the best services I've used.
>
>You don't need to give your credit card number for age verification. You
>
>just need a valid e-mail address and you can join Yahoo! groups. You
>don't have to have a yahoo mail account at all. Besides, ib-support
>group is not restricted by age (any 10-year old could join it), so it is
>
>not the problem. Once you are the member of the group, searching is
>easy. Please give it a try, you will not regret (hopefully).
>
>--
>Milan Babuskov
>http://fbexport.sourceforge.net
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