It hath once been written: >Here are my concerns, in no particular order: > > 1.) I don't want to have to go use some third application to read my >OpenSRS discuss-list messages. I already have a mail program, I have no >desire to now also fire up an NNTP reader or a web browser to get >messages which were quite happily landing in my inbox. Not all of us >use BloatWare mail applications that try to speak every protocol on the >face of the planet. > > 2.) This gives the ability for OpenSRS to simply say "Oh, I wish that >topic had never been broached" and delete the entire thread "poof" ... >gone, into the ether, with no copies remaining except for whatever >local caches exist on various peoples' workstations. With e-mail, there >is a guarantee that *everyone* has a copy, readily available until they >delete it themselves. > >I can honestly say that if the means by which I have to get my >discuss-list information changes to a web forum or the use of an NNTP >reader, that I will cease to be a domain-reseller for Tucows. I barely >have time to follow the list when it's in my inbox, let alone going >through extra effort to follow it using external methods. > >By and large, I think that the two "why this is happening" reasons are >utter crap. Spam and viruses are easily mitigated via restrictions on >attachment-types and limiting who can post to the list, and "threading" >is pretty much built into every mail application made in the last five >years. So if THOSE are the reasons you're proposing as the "why", then >someone seriously needs to come up with a better cover story. > >Others' mileage may vary, obviously.
I think that it is also worth mentioning: "Other's mileage may _not_ vary, obviously." Some of us do not post on these lists much, but receiving them is important to our businesses. Moving from a "push" technology (email lists) to a "pull" technology (online forums) will render it completely unused to some of us. Cheers! ================================================================ Steven G. Willis [EMAIL PROTECTED] 866.224.3058 Deep Sky Technologies, Inc. http://www.deepskytech.com/ http://www.badchickens.com/ http://www.store-secure.com/ AIM-iChat: dstisgwillis ================================================================ Thankfully they created the word 'muffin' else I would be eating a cupcake for breakfast ================================================================
