Hi everyone, As many of you know, the mailing list is having some issues where some emails are not being delivered. We believe the main cause might be attributed to the volume of emails we're generating. In a short amount of time, we've grown the list to almost 1,400 subscribers. Looking at the stats, for December we're averaging 26 emails per day and on track to be over 1m per month (1400x26x31days). We expect this number to grow dramatically as JSMentors becomes more important to the JavaScript community as will the costs for hosting the list.
With that said, we need to make a decision as to the most effective medium to use for the site. We want to ask for your feedback in helping determine the right direction. Do we continue using a mailing list to manage conversations or do we go the route of a forum? Mailing List: Pros: - All emails centralized in your inbox - Use email to reply to messages directly - Easily searchable archive of emails via your inbox - Spam management is very easy due to custom filter creation Cons: - As the list grows so will the volume of emails in your inbox - As the list grows so does the cost - No web interface - Mail server configuration can be troublesome Forum: Pros: - Web interface - Ability to segregate topics in their own categories - Subscription to specific topics you choose as opposed to an email for every discussion - More granular control over the interface Cons: - Must go to forum to see new discussions - Notifications only if you subscribe to them These are a prelim list of what we've identified as pros & cons. I'm sure there's more for each medium. What we'd like is for you to help us decide which way to go. We'd like to make this change ASAP so we can settle on it and keep growing the site. Looking forward to your help. Rey & Asen
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