not only that, but I can't even access the forum, it is so f***** up! John Spohr wrote:
>I for one never leave messages and have not in probably 3 years. > >However, when something important comes across the line, I read it >diligently. However, with a web based list where I have to go there to find >out if something I am interested is happening or not, I will probably NEVER >NEVER NEVER NEVER NEVER NEVER NEVER NEVER NEVER NEVER NEVER NEVER NEVER >NEVER NEVER NEVER NEVER NEVER NEVER NEVER NEVER NEVER NEVER NEVER NEVER >NEVER NEVER NEVER NEVER NEVER > >Use it. > >Have I made myself clear. This is not good for most of us, it is only good >for OpenSRS management and a few people who have all the extra time in the >world to check it everyday or once a week. > >So why not use both for a period of 6 months and see where the bulk of >people still use it. You will overwhelmingly find that nobody migrates >because reading and responding in your own inbox is just too easy. SPAM and >Viruses???? Hah! A thousand times. Norton Internet Security works. And >does not filter out the mailing lists. > >I am really against this. REALLY, REALLY against this. Please do not move >it. > >John Spohr >I.S. International, Inc. >Tokyo, Japan > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >On Behalf Of 7 List >Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2005 3:45 AM >To: [email protected] >Subject: RE: IMPORTANT NOTICE: Migration from Mailing Lists to Discussion >Forums > >As a subscriber, I have been waiting for Tucows to move to a non email >communication platform for a long time. By moving to Phorum, it allows me to >use RSS, NNTP or the Web Based Forum. For me, email is the least useful, as >it is impossible to keep track of threads or get things when I am away from >my main machine (which is often). Thanks for finally doing this. It is a big >value add for me. You can't make everyone happy, but you did make me happy. > >-AL > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >On Behalf Of Derek J. Balling >Sent: Monday, January 17, 2005 10:59 AM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: IMPORTANT NOTICE: Migration from Mailing Lists to Discussion >Forums > >On Jan 17, 2005, at 12:23 PM, Ross Rader wrote: > > >>One of our larger motivations was to standardize on a single tool over >>here. >> >> > >Does this mailing list exist *for Tucows* or *for the subscribers* ? > >I always thought the latter. > > > >> Right now were using three or four different discussion management >>tools - majordomo, lyris, phorum and fourth one that eludes me. >>Majordomo has sucked since we first installed it, Lyris is way better >>at >>managing mass mailings than it is at managing discussions (especially >>the way we have it configured) and the fourth one is basically EOL from >>what I understand. >> >> > >Mailman. Very nice. Very popular. Open source, extensible, you name it. > > > >>Anyone using RSS to keep up on the ebb and flow will have a local cache >>as well as anyone that turns on email notifications via their phorum >>profile. >> >> > >Again -- assumes that someone wants to use some other tool to read >their messages... ALSO, it means that if you want to REPLY/PARTICIPATE, >you'll have to still jump through all sorts of web-based hurdles. > >Sorry, still not seeing the "value add" here, but seeing significant >value-decrease. > >D > >[demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type application/pkcs7-signature >which had a name of smime.p7s] No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.7.0 - Release Date: 1/17/2005
