Hartmut, It IS a web based forum.
Kevin1 --- In [email protected], Hartmut Beil <hb...@...> wrote: > > > Well, > > maybe then it is time to move the E-Mail list to a Web based Forum. > > > > If the usage of most people is using the web based interface, also call it a > Forum , not the e-mail list that it actually is, then we should do that. > > > > An attempt had been done a few years ago already, but this failed. > > > > > > I felt mature enough to decide between a reply to an individual and the group > as a whole. > > Certain answers are of interest for all and some are not. > > > > Call me old fashioned, but I think teh E-Mail list or Forum grew strong > because of the flexibility it had. > > > > Hartmut > > > > To: [email protected] > From: kgass...@... > Date: Thu, 27 May 2010 13:24:16 +0000 > Subject: [ercoupe-tech] Re: New poll for ercoupe-tech > > > > > > This whole thing baffles the crap out of me. I am a member of many forums on > Yahoo and have been for many years long before Ercoupe moved here and > everyone of them is setup to send to the group as the default. So for me this > was the only one I pretty regularly sent the reply to the wrong place because > I had to remember to change it. Just ask Ed how many times I sent it to him > by mistake. I don't use my email client for the forum, I use the web > interface. I fail to see how any of this can be called censorship. It is a > matter of picking where it goes in the drop down. I you guys are using your > email clients for this and are having trouble you need to learn how to use > your client, change your client or use the web site. Remember this is a forum > for the exchange if information and if someone ask a question there are > others who can benefit from the answer now and in the future and it does not > help the forum if you answer the individual. What good is a forum that is > just a list of questions with no answers? If you are not confident enough in > your answer to make it public then maybe..... > > Kevin1 > > --- In [email protected], Hartmut Beil <hbeil@> wrote: > > > > > > Lee, all > > > > > > > > Knowing that any reply will send a message to the group as a whole reduces > > my willingness to answer . > > > > I am differentiating between a personal advice and information for general > > use. (That is burned onto public servers forever) > > > > > > > > With removing the option of having a choice to whom reply, I am hesitating > > to give answers on a personal level - it is a hassle to get the personal > > e-mail address filtered out. > > > > I also noticed that the discussions that are held on a forced public level > > become more shallow, less technical and the forum IMO shifted toward a gray > > field of mediocrity. > > > > > > > > I usually found not one day go by without finding a reason to answer. Now I > > am watching the discussions for days and find no reason to add content. > > > > > > > > I think any type of restriction in this forum creates a new climate and a > > new quality of discussions. > > > > If the forum decides this is the way to go I will be the last one to stop > > anyone. > > > > > > > > I am a free thinking person, I like options and choice. Any type of > > restriction I realize to be a censorship. But I can live with that - I am > > used to it. > > > > > > > > > > > > Hartmut > > > > > > > > > > > > To: [email protected] > > From: ercouper@ > > Date: Thu, 27 May 2010 00:22:23 +0000 > > Subject: Re: [ercoupe-tech] New poll for ercoupe-tech > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Gordon wrote," > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I VOTED FOR REPLY TO FORUM, BECAUSE i HAVE LEARNED MUCH FROM THE ANSWERS > > GIVEN THAT i WOULD NOT HAVE SEEN OTHER WISE. > > > > Most emails provide the option of responding to the sender or everyone. > > With the change, the only way to respond to only the sender is to copy his > > email address then initiate a new email, paste the senders email, enter a > > subject, then type your email. THe old system allowed one to click reply, > > select to send to the sender or everyone then type the message. > > > > Lee Browning > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________________ > > Penny Stock Soaring 3000% > > Sign up for Free to find out what the next 3000% Stock Winner Is! > > PennyStocksUniverse.com > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________________ > > Hotmail: Trusted email with Microsoft's powerful SPAM protection. > > https://signup.live.com/signup.aspx?id=60969 > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Hotmail: Powerful Free email with security by Microsoft. > https://signup.live.com/signup.aspx?id=60969 >
