I am sorry, I think this is a horrible idea, but again I am too late to do anything about it.
You are replacing a simple system which I can check from anywhere (unix shell, outlook, any webmail client basically), with a system that requires me to use a modern browser to just see the posts. I cannot see the advantages, older content? the archives are publicly available. Search? Google can do it for you, or you can add a simple interface like ht/dig, these are text files after all. Simplicity? For who? Versatility? RSS vs Text emails??? Seriously?? Have you looked at forum spam lately? I realize that the decision has been made, but I am sorry that it was made in the first place. On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 2:07 PM, James McNally <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > We've been working behind the scenes for a while now to bring our Resellers > a much-improved forum for discussion of our services. Effective December > 1st, the old mailing lists will be closed down in favor of an online > discussion forum. > > Some of the reasons we've moved to a forum solution include: > > 1. archiving of older content, so you don't need to hang onto those old > email messages. > 2. searchability, so you can find the answer to that question quickly > 3. simplicity, reducing a large number of different lists into a > manageable number of categories > 4. versatility, including a number of ways to keep up with new posts (RSS, > email alerts) > > One of my goals as Community Specialist is to build relationships with our > Resellers and to help you build relationships with your peers. These new > forums will help us to start building a real community amongst ourselves. It > gives us a way to listen to your suggestions and for us to draw upon the > combined brainpower of thousands of very smart people. I can't wait to see > where we can take it! > > We've "soft-launched" the project already at http://opensrs.com/forums and > we'd really like to hear what you think (including letting us know about any > bugs or usability issues you might notice). Registration takes just a > minute. I recommend you head over and sign up right away, since we'll be > discontinuing the mailing lists as of December 1, 2008. > > P.S. I'll apologize in advance if you receive multiple copies of this > message. It is being sent to each individual mailing list and you will > receive it more than once if you subscribe to multiple lists. The good news > is that this is precisely the sort of issue we won't have with the new > forums! > > James McNally > Community Specialist > OpenSRS > (416) 535-0123, Ext. 1245 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > _______________________________________________ > domains-gen mailing list > [email protected] > http://discuss.tucows.com/mailman/listinfo/domains-gen > _______________________________________________ domains-gen mailing list [email protected] http://discuss.tucows.com/mailman/listinfo/domains-gen
