No Objections Elwin
--- Murli Nagasundaram <[email protected]> wrote: > I find it hard to believe, but I started this whole > mess just 10 days ago! > At this point, as due punishment, I feel like > offering my posterior for an > Open Space Flagellation - The Law of Two Feet would > work soundly in this > case. > > Since I posted the message appended below, some > things have changed on the > LISTSERV: > > [email protected] can now be accessed > over the web. At the > website you may view all postings from 1998 on to > the present, subscribe, > unsubscribe, change your options, and post and read > messages. In fact, the > archive listings are somewhat better than egroups -- > you can sort by > subject, date, or author. The archives are organized > by month, which may or > may not be inconvenient. You don't have the other > benefits of polling, > listing links, calendar, etc. > > In terms of responsiveness, it looks like support > from egroups is zero, > although rarely needed, while responsiveness from > the Boise State Univ. IT > group is a little bit better but not by much. > > Egroups has another advantage that multiple > moderators can be assigned so > that you don't have to depend only on me, esp. if I > get hit by a truck or > am traveling. > > For some strange reason, while I have added every > OSLIST@listserv member to > egroups, only 149 are showing up at the egroups > website. I don't know if > this a glitch, or that the rest didn't respond to > the invitation. > > If I set up a poll, that will gather responses from > only the 149 currently > on egroups. But I'll do it anyway. > > In response to Peggy's message: For those who use > email exclusively, it > doesn't matter either way. For those who might be > using the website too, > Egroups has a slight edge, but no longer as great as > it was earlier. > > As regards my recommedation -- I reserve it until > after the poll. > > Murli > List Vassal > ===================================================================== > > On Tue, 13 Jun 2000 16:16:43 -0600, Murli > Nagasundaram > <[email protected]> wrote: > > >All, > > > >I have been using the commercial facility > egroups.com to run a couple of > >lists on a test basis, and am quite impressed with > it. I'd like your > >opinion on whether we should switch to it from our > present listserv. I am > >considering the switch because of some recurring > problems and limitations > >of the present system that I am seeing both from > feedback from Listmembers > >and from my inability to respond adequately to > requests. > > > >Egroups has the following advantages: > > > >1. It's free. > >2. It automatically archives messages which can be > retrieved from the > >website without first dislocating your shoulder. > >3. Messages can be viewed both in chronological > and "threaded" form <by > >subject line>. > >4. The website lets you store files. You can also > list useful web links, > >maintain databases of information and an event > calendar (which notifies you > >when the event becomes due). > >5. You can run polls (useful esp. when you have > poetry contests, I guess!) > >6. It is easy to assign multiple moderators or > owners of the list. > >7. You have the option of reading messages only at > the website without > >receiving email messages. > > > >Egroups has the following disadvantage (as far as I > know): > > > >1. Every message comes appended with a little > advertisement. It is not > >very intrusive though, and easy to ignore. > > > >Our present listserv is free, and has no ads. It > has none of the other > >advantages of egroups. If you have any thoughts on > this subject do air > >them. If there are no objections, I will arrange > to switch the list to > >egroups. > > > >Cheers, > > > >Murli > >List-DemiDei __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere! http://mail.yahoo.com/
