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Google Flips Back to Groups Beta (Again)

Posted by Hemos on from the flip-flopping-away dept.

afabbro writes "Google backed off its beta of Google Groups within 24 hours of making it mandatory for all users. You may recall that its lack of features (date searches), unwanted features (e-mail masking), and clunky user interface met with a very chilly reception here. Unfortunately, as of December 5th, Google Groups Beta is back and you can't get to the original (wonderful) Google Groups anymore. Be sure to share your opinion with Google."

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  1. Email masking... by JPriest · · Score: 5, Insightful

    What would be so bad about Email masking?

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    1. Re:Email masking... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

      The bad thing about e-mail masking is that it makes it hard to send mail to an author who has put an unmunged email address on their messages. These authors have put their mail addresses on a public forum (or decided to mung their addresses themselves, or put an invalid address) so why should Google go out of their way to "protect" people that don't want to be protected?

      I've received mail before from people who have found a post of mine on Google groups and wanted to ask me a quick question and I've always been happy to respond.... Why should google stop those people from mailing me in the future?