At 13:21 -0500 06/12/2004, Peter Dougherty wrote: >At 12:21 06-12-04, Fred Stevens K2FRD wrote: > >>I would be opposed to an online web-based forum or blog-type forum for >>reasons previously stated by others and the relative slowness of having to >>download a separate webpage each time a window is changed. Email is so much >>faster and convenient. >> >>Also, I suspect at least a few on either/both DX-NEWS or DX-CHAT are using >>Blackberries or text-only PDAs which are or may be incapable of >>downloading/uploading webpages. > >The e-mail interface to Yahoo groups is actually quite good. I get mail very >regularly from all 42 of my subscribed groups and the posting latency is >rarely more than a couple of minutes. Anyone using the N1MM Yahoo group can >see how even a high-volume list can benefit from it if it's used as an e-mail >list. The advertising on the Web interface is annoying as heck but still >livable. IT also provides an ongoing searchable archive that's quite handy as >well.
By no means did I intent to infer that I was opposed to Yahoo Groups. I think the Groups' email format is the greatest improvement to communications since Faraday developed the tube (OK, valve). While I'm finally down to 43 Groups owned/moderated/subscribed, I just wanted others to know that the Yahoo Groups do have their negative aspects from time to time, e.g. occasionally, the servers get jammed and I have seen posts delayed as long as 24 hours; new memberships and unsubscribers (unsubs) sometimes take several days to get posted (unsubs often continue to receive mail during this period; it happens that sometimes unsubs continue to receive group mail to the point where the unsub must resubscribe, then unsub again before his/her unsub "takes"); and it is virtually impossible to contact a real human at Yahoo Groups to resolve an issue. >From an owner, moderator, and subscriber's point of view, I find it refreshing >that with DX-NEWS and DX-CHAT on the NJDXA server, we have a direct connection >to the persons who control the server(s) - Urb and Steve. If a problem comes >up (the AOL situation comes to mind), an immediate and direct solution is at >hand. -- 73 de Fred K2FRD, VO2FS http://homepage.mac.com/k2frd/K2FRD.html Free Subscription To OCARG EAGLE, a newsletter for ham radio Scouters http://homepage.mac.com/k2frd/ocarg.htm for info. Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX related items only, [EMAIL PROTECTED] This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org
