"Troughear, David" wrote:
>
> Is there any chance of having a MapX email site - similar to MapInfo-L, I have used
>the MapX discussion site a great deal and find it useful.
Unless somebody wants to set up a separate email list (note: not
another web browser "list") for MapX, I don't see why this forum
wouldn't do the job. Just precede your subject lines with
something like "MapX:" to alert people about the content of the
message.
There's good arguments for serving mailing lists via email vs
using web pages. Each has their strengths and weaknesses, and
some of these are weighted differently by different people
according to personal taste. Personally I prefer email servers
for email. They're more open and flexible, IMHO. All we need to
improve this one is a daily "digest" option to cut down the load
of separate emails each day. MapInfo has set up a great search
tool for this list at
http://testdrive.mapinfo.com/tdc/mapinfo-l.nsf/?openabout, and we
also archive all the past messages at
http://www.directionsmag.com/mapinfo-l/digest/. For those who are
interested in MapX, perhaps you don't know that MapInfo's MapX
list is at
http://testdrive.mapinfo.com/tdc/discuss.nsf/mapx+discussion?openview,
and it's pretty busy. BTW, you have to register to get a password
before you can use that list. It's free, but go to
http://testdrive.mapinfo.com/tdc/home.nsf?OpenAbout and register.
There are several other forums available too.
But feel free to use this list for MapX talk too. I'm one who's
rather interested in this subject as well, and if I read the
writing on the wall correctly, MapX is where MapInfo programming
is going.
- Bill Thoen
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