or even better would be a choice to do both, the ability to subscribe to a
forum for us weirdos- and the option to have traffic mailed to you so u can
browse it w/gmail :)

d.

On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 10:43 AM, Derrick Anderson <
[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> all forums are bad/slow? like compared to the web interface for this yahoo
> group? that thing is just about un-usable to me..  but i'm a member of other
> forums that work just fine, www.tek-tips.com for example- there you can
> watch important messages, even credit those who have helped you in a way
> that is seen by all.
>
> these are all nitpicky things really, but the conversation keeps coming up
> on this list about the traffic and how to handle it properly with a mail
> client.  all i suggest is using a forum because (if done right) it seems to
> handle what everyone gripes about.
>
> everyone then comes back and says "well you can use this and that and then
> do this and setup this rule, and VOILA! it's kinda like a forum!".  what i'm
> talking about is 1 interface, no email client/web interface/google.
>
> d.
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 5:39 AM, Tom Chiverton <
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > On Monday 10 Mar 2008, Derrick Anderson wrote:
> > > i know i'm alone in this but I really like forums.  they handle
> > threading,
> >
> > Badly/slowly.
> >
> > > searching, and i don't have to worry about keeping a mailbox with
> > 10,333
> >
> > Local disk and CPU is cheap.
> > My client throws away messages over a certain age, but if I really want
> > to
> > find something I can just google it.
> >
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