Yes after all isn’t that how it is working at the moment? Replies go to the forum but we use email? I think the foundry should have asked opinion first on this. Hope that’s not a sign of things to come.
On 3 Feb 2015, at 17:58, Rich Bobo <[email protected]> wrote: > I know I already added my +1 earlier in this thread. However, I just wanted > to bolster the argument for continuing to have email as an option for the > discussion groups. I *rarely* visit any of the web-based forums for any > software company -- for all of the reasons voiced by others on this list. I > was a Flame user for many years before making Nuke my comp tool of choice. > Autodesk attempted to eliminate their flame-news emailings and switch > everyone over to their forums. There was also a hue and cry from the artists > on those lists! In the end, they kept both. You could post to the forums via > email and receive single or digest emails. I don’t know if it is still that > way, but it is a best-of-both-worlds solution, IMO. It is *so* much more > convenient to filter and reply-at-will to posts that I feel I might be able > to contribute to. Some postings I read right away and some I save for later > reference. Searching my own mailboxes is a piece of cake. *PLEASE* make it > possible to continue receiving emails! (Please?) > > Thanks, > Rich > > > Rich Bobo > Senior VFX Compositor > Armstrong White > Email: [email protected] > http://armstrong-white.com/ > > Email: [email protected] > Mobile: (248) 840-2665 > Web: http://richbobo.com/ > > >> On Feb 3, 2015, at 12:44 PM, Randy Little <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Nathan the amount of noise from a forum emailed to you is INSANE. Think >> about how many people on the mail list complain about anything off topic >> being noise now. If I was getting forum emails it would just go off the >> charts. Digest Oye, read through a zillion topics again. >> Email. goes in thread One email subject and all email go into that thread >> and I never see another email accept the original. Forum would be a new non >> threaded email for every forum post. At least thats has been my experience >> with other forums. >> >> >> >> >> >> Randy S. Little >> http://reel.rslittle.com >> http://imdb.com/name/nm2325729/ >> >> >> On Tue, Feb 3, 2015 at 12:37 PM, Nathan Rusch <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> I would love to keep the mailing lists alive as well, although I'm not >> vehemently against forums. >> >> However, I think it's worth noting that the interchange between the lists >> and the old forums is (I believe) nonexistent at this point. There are a ton >> of topics on the forums that most people here aren't aware of, and none of >> what is posted here ends up on the forums. In other words, there's >> effectively a small, detached community of people on the list side, and a >> (probably much larger) separate community on the forums who either don't >> know the lists exist, or don't care enough to figure out how to use them. >> Granted, this keeps the signal-to-noise ratio of the lists at a very nice >> level... >> >> For those of you planning to jump ship, while I'm not on the new forums yet >> myself, I think it should be possible to set up your forum account so you >> receive an email whenever a new topic is posted, or a daily topic digest if >> you preferred. This would make it behave somewhat more like a mailing list, >> except you would need to click a link instead of "reply" to respond. Food >> for thought, maybe. >> >> >> -Nathan >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Nuke-users mailing list >> [email protected], http://forums.thefoundry.co.uk/ >> http://support.thefoundry.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nuke-users >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Nuke-users mailing list >> [email protected], http://forums.thefoundry.co.uk/ >> http://support.thefoundry.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nuke-users > > _______________________________________________ > Nuke-users mailing list > [email protected], http://forums.thefoundry.co.uk/ > http://support.thefoundry.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nuke-users
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