Graham Lauder rašė: >> Well, I participate in about 20 email lists, apart from the OO.o >> lists (where I have around 15 currnetly active lists), and the most >> messages I've had in one day (including spam) is 150. How anyone gets >> "thousands" of emails in one day from mailing lists is beyond me >> > > Now I participate on a lot of OOo lists and a few others, 23 in all and > my record is about 520 in a day. (but I unsubscribed from users and > spend time on OOoforum.org instead) so that cut it back a little. I > still get 200 odd a day. >
User mailing lists often get more traffic. That's normal. But this list is NOT users. And this current thread (with all its acompanying threads) is probably the largest one i've ever seen on this particular list. >> My email client is set to check for new mail every 5 minutes, so all >> new posts are there, for me to read or not, as and when I choose. It >> means a more immediate response when needed, something which I've yet >> to see with forums, (unless you remain logged in constantly), and in >> fact gives me everything that you list as the supposed advantages of >> a forum, without the need to log in to read the responses to my >> questions. >> > > Mine too but you still have to connected for the five minute checking to > work, so that comment is neither here nor there. When I'm online I'm > logged into whatever forum I wish to be working on. No different to > the five minute check > Yeah. But at least you don't have to have yet-another-tab for EACH list, which you often have to check/reload yourself every 5 minutes. Plus, you get a nice notification of new email. >> My suspicion is that the majority of those who complain about mailing >> lists simply haven't a decent email client, or they haven't >> configured it adequately. A good client will also interface properly >> with various anti-spam tools (such as Spamassassin), which once >> configured and trained adequately will trap over 90% of spam (which >> is of course filtered into its own folder). >> > > I use Kmail with all the so called advantages, threading, pretty > coloured text, a bloody annoying spell checker that I can't figure out > how to turn off. I have filters configured and takes a bloody age to > do it. > > The biggest single issue is I'm tied to one computer to do the mails. > If I happen to check mail via web access I can't reference with other > mail without going to the archives, which is a mission in itself. When > you are working on anything upward of 15 different computers a day mail > lists are seriously limiting > There's a thingy called IMAP, which unties you from one particular computer. There's also a thingy called Horde, for example. Together, they make up a nice webmail system. Of course, Horde will probably not apply filters to your messages (not sure), but well... You can either apply them server-side (i think it's called procmail) or simply use more real mail applications, and only use webmail when you have no other choice. >> with no need to wait for a web page to load, >> > A small price to pay > but still a price. >>> Plus you can search a forum saving you time. >>> >> Scanning a list of subject lines and senders is faster than any >> web-based search. And a decent email client usually has a search bar >> above the list of messages, and by entering a phrase in there it >> usually (Mine does) sorts on the fly. I've never had to enter the >> full search term (for example, to find all posts from you I would >> start typing your name or email address in the box . By the time I >> had "sco" in there, only those threads which you had posted to would >> be shown. I could further filter by message status (read, new or >> unread). >> > > The problem that strikes is when you have need to search back a long > way.. especially if the mail didn't seem important at the time and it > got deleted. The Forum database is much easier to search than list > archives > Yeah, that happens. But do you need the archives that often? OTOH, the archive search could simply be improved. It's never too late. > +1 if the mail to a list is less that ten a week and they can wait till > I'm logged on to my home computer then yay for the mail list. With > high traffic, give me fora any day > This is supposed to be a low traffic mailing list. > And therein lies as good a reason as any. Many people come to OOo > mailing lists for assistance and then complain that the Mailing list > has swamped their inbox and then panic because they can't figure out > how to unsubscribe. The whole mailist environment is set up for long > term users. Forums have the advantage for casual users of being easy > to come and go on without having your inbox invaded and without having > to go through the Subscribe - Unsubscribe performance. I think this is not a support list where people usually come for assistance. For example, I'm here just because, as a mirror admin, I have to be here. And I'm not going to check some forum every some time just to see if there are news for mirrors, because I already have millions of tabs in my browser. bye, Rimas --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
