You don't think a website can give you a virus just as easy as through email? The risks are relatively the same. The main reason that a mailing list is more efficient then a forum is because I already have to check my email, I don't have to go to another website or forum to get the information I need, it's all in one place. I'm not against setting up a forum but I can tell you that I won't visit it very much, not because I'm trying to be difficult but because I don't have time. It's not about trying to evade the newbies either, that is why I am here. Sure once in a blue moon I may post a problem I am having but 99 percent of the time I can solve the problem without resorting to asking for help on a mailing list. The only reason I'm on the list is for the newbies, not trying to evade them by not going to a forum. Honestly if someone wants my help, from my free time then they can ask for help using the medium /I/ have chosen to use. If I had time to go to the forums and read all the posts, etc I would but life doesn't allow me that much time. People can go ahead and use a forum, but I can guarantee you a lot of the people that will be able to help you won't have the time necessary to visit it all the time, you will get answers faster through email. -- Trevor Lauder Web: http://www.thelauders.net E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> And exactly how is a mailing list so efficient? With a graphic > representation, I can skim the responses rather then watch my inbox fill > up, filters or not. > > Also, I don't have to hunt to find the archives - the forum is the > archive. > > Secondly, if on a forum I don't have to worry about someone getting > Klez/etc. while having the mailing list in their address book. > AntiVirus or not...
