Ok, this dispute is getting kinda pointless, why don't we just make a web front end to the mailling list? Then everyone will be happy...hell, I'll even write it if it gets this thread to stop!!!
Le 6 D�cembre 2002 16:57, vous avez �crit : > 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.
