-1 > > Well, once again I would like to bring up the concept of > forum software for Jakarta. The reason I am bringing it up > again is that mailing lists are intrusive and spammy.
Are they? I can't agree... I find them non-intrusive (my mail client quiet files them in a folder) and non-spammy (most Jakarta lists stay more or less on topic). > Daily I > get flooded with a ton of email that I have absolutely no > interest in reading. However if I unsubscribe to the lists > than when there is something that I would like to know about > or answer, I will miss it. In addition, if I unsubscribe I'm > not able to post my own issues. With a mailing list, the > communication mechanism is just too intrusive. On a forum I > can pick and choose what I want to read and reply to. I find forums inconvenient compared to mailing lists - too much clicking around is required. And there's always the mailing list archives if you want to dig something up from the past. Which I almost never do. > > As for them being used, its a simple matter of retiring > mailing lists for forum software. -1 > > When we consider that at least 90% of Jakarta users are not > Jakarta developers but will often have a question or an > important insight, than the folly of communicating only in > mailing lists becomes clear. I'm not convinced that that conclusion follows from that premise. <-- 3 "that"s in one sentence! What an accomplishment! Yours, Tom > > -- Robert Simmons > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
