On Fri, Apr 08, 2005 at 04:08:02PM -0400, Jeff Simpson wrote: > > Literally *hundreds* of tools exist to manage traffic flow for mailing lists > > and Usenet groups (which is what we *really* should be doing, if you need an > > opinion :-); web forums are all different, and completely unmanageable for > > off line use. > > While I tend to agree that web forums are all different and difficult > to manage, I do prefer forums to mailinglists since they tend to be a > little better organized and you can easily categorize things. (take a > look at forums.gentoo.org. It's a prize example of how the categories > help sort out technical problems, discussions, ideas, etc). I like the > idea of a newsgroup, except it doesn't really add much over the > mailinglist except that you can read it without filling up your inbox.
Which is often enough. > I have to ask about the "unmanageable for offline use" part. How many > people do you suppose really read this list offline? Me, at least occasionally. And if you consider how popmail works, likely, almost everyone. > For that matter, > how many myth users aren't on a broadband connection and are online > all the time anyway? There are an awful lot of people who sign up > web-based email accounts for this list just because there is so much > traffic that they don't want it on their computer offline. Which is why Usenet would be optimal. There are very few things for which Usenet *isn't* better than email, and almost *nothing* for which web fora beat either. Cheers, -- jr 'fine Usenet postings since 1985' a -- Jay R. Ashworth [EMAIL PROTECTED] Designer Baylink RFC 2100 Ashworth & Associates The Things I Think '87 e24 St Petersburg FL USA http://baylink.pitas.com +1 727 647 1274 If you can read this... thank a system administrator. Or two. --me
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