Ick, I don't want a forum unless it also is a mailing list.... -- dIon Gillard, Multitask Consulting Blog: http://www.freeroller.net/page/dion/Weblog Work: http://www.multitask.com.au
Henri Yandell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 23/01/2003 03:41:27 AM: > > So the suggestion is: > > All Users lists become forums. > Developer lists stay. > > > Only problem I see there is that Developers won't check the forums as much > as they should, unless the Users forum has a mail list interface. > > > Hen > > On Wed, 22 Jan 2003, Robert Simmons wrote: > > > 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. 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. > > > > As for them being used, its a simple matter of retiring mailing lists > > for forum software. > > > > 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. > > > > -- Robert Simmons > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > ForwardSourceID:NT000A6782 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
