Re: [Elecraft] With the K4 coming, is it time to replace this email list with a forum?

[Peter Eijlander (PA0PJE)]

On 2020-09-07 at 14:35 Robert Rennard via Elecraft wrote:

I agree with Dave that we should start putting the Elecraft product model as 
the first token in the mail header


This has, and still is a prerequisite nearly from the start of this list...


This is what Eric said about using this list in 2008 and please see 
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Re: [Elecraft] With the K4 coming, is it time to replace this email list with a forum?

[Fred Jensen]

Hmmm ... The International Morse Code is 1905 technology, and the 
American Morse [Vail] Code is 1840's.  You're suggesting we should all 
abandon CW because it's old technology? [;=)


73,

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On 9/6/2020 7:06 PM, Barry wrote:

My point is there's no need to hit a DELETE key in a forum with a list of
subject titles that one may choose to read, or not.  Email lists are 1980s
technology.
Barry W2UP




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Re: [Elecraft] With the K4 coming, is it time to replace this email list with a forum?

[stephen shearer]

I use Thunderbird for my email.
I filter almost everything into one folder or another.  Works great
I filter[Elecraft] and {Elecraft-K4] with any K4 "stuff" in the subject 
line, into a K4 folder. *It could just as easily go into the trash...*

Thunderbird does this automatically about every 10 minutes.
New mail in a folder has a hi-lighted folder and mail count.

easy.

YES, a good subject line helps.

73, steve WB3LGC

On 9/6/20 6:53 PM, W2xj wrote:

*then build a filter. *

Sent from my iPad


On Sep 6, 2020, at 6:04 PM, Barry  wrote:

David Gilbert-2 wrote

And as others have pointed out, there is already a K4 forum on .io .
why doesn't that work for you??

Dave   AB7E

Because I'm not looking for a K4 forum.*I'm looking to AVOID all the K4*
traffic that will be comping.

Barry W2UP



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Re: [Elecraft] With the K4 coming, is it time to replace this email list with a forum?

[Björn Ekelund]

I subscribe to about two dozen email reflectors, this one being the only
one that is not on groups.io.
I think a move is long overdue.

Björn SM7IUN

Den mån 7 sep. 2020 kl 14:36 skrev Robert Rennard via Elecraft <
elecraft@mailman.qth.net>:

> I agree with Dave that we should start putting the Elecraft product model
> as the first token in the mail header; e,g, K4,  and stop lazily recycling
> a prior header with a totally different topic in the body.  Of course,
> worse yet is somebody responding to a digest such that we get the entirety
> of the digest the reflector sent to him.  As Bill Nye, the science guy,
> said recently, “Common sense is not all that common”.
>
> One thing I like about groups.io which currently has a K4 forum, is that
> it allows using hash tags as the first part of the topic line so that I can
> filter out topics that do not interest me.  In the case of my local radio
> club, I use a #DMR filter, and they make me apply a #HF hash tag.
>
> Bob R – N7WY
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Re: [Elecraft] With the K4 coming, is it time to replace this email list with a forum?

[Robert Rennard via Elecraft]

I agree with Dave that we should start putting the Elecraft product model as 
the first token in the mail header; e,g, K4,  and stop lazily recycling a prior 
header with a totally different topic in the body.  Of course, worse yet is 
somebody responding to a digest such that we get the entirety of the digest the 
reflector sent to him.  As Bill Nye, the science guy, said recently, “Common 
sense is not all that common”.   

One thing I like about groups.io which currently has a K4 forum, is that it 
allows using hash tags as the first part of the topic line so that I can filter 
out topics that do not interest me.  In the case of my local radio club, I use 
a #DMR filter, and they make me apply a #HF hash tag.

Bob R – N7WY
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Re: [Elecraft] With the K4 coming, is it time to replace this email list with a forum?

[Barry]

I use Nabble, too.  It's better than email, but it's been broken for years. 
Often, responses to a topic is split from the original, and 99% of posts
wind up in the main section, rather than parsed to the subheadings by radio.

Barry W2UP


John_N1JM wrote
> I use and go to Nabble. No emails from the list come to me.
> 
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Re: [Elecraft] With the K4 coming, is it time to replace this email list with a forum?

[John_N1JM]

I use and go to Nabble. No emails from the list come to me.

John N1JM





Nr4c wrote
> My point is, it ain’t gonna happen. 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> ...nr4c. bill
> 
> 
>> On Sep 6, 2020, at 10:08 PM, Barry 

> w2up@

>  wrote:
>> 
>> My point is there's no need to hit a DELETE key in a forum with a list
>> of
>> subject titles that one may choose to read, or not.  Email lists are
>> 1980s
>> technology.  
>> Barry W2UP
>> 
>> 
>> Nr4c wrote
>>> Hmmm...  “DELETE” is your friend.  
>>> 
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>> ...nr4c. bill
>>> 
>>> 
 On Sep 6, 2020, at 6:05 PM, Barry 
>> 
>>> w2up@
>> 
>>>  wrote:
 
 David Gilbert-2 wrote
> And as others have pointed out, there is already a K4 forum on .io
> . 
> why doesn't that work for you??
> 
> Dave   AB7E
 
 Because I'm not looking for a K4 forum.  I'm looking to AVOID all the
 K4
 traffic that will be comping.
 
 Barry W2UP
 
 
 
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Re: [Elecraft] With the K4 coming, is it time to replace this email list with a forum?

[Walter Underwood]

In the late 1980s, I was managing forums for about 5000 Hewlett-Packard 
engineers.

A modern merged forum/email system (like groups.io ) is 
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> On Sep 6, 2020, at 7:06 PM, Barry  wrote:
> 
> My point is there's no need to hit a DELETE key in a forum with a list of
> subject titles that one may choose to read, or not.  Email lists are 1980s
> technology.  
> Barry W2UP
> 
> Nr4c wrote
>> Hmmm...  “DELETE” is your friend.  
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> ...nr4c. bill
>> 
>> 
>>> On Sep 6, 2020, at 6:05 PM, Barry 
> 
>> w2up@
> 
>>  wrote:
>>> 
>>> David Gilbert-2 wrote
 And as others have pointed out, there is already a K4 forum on .io . 
 why doesn't that work for you??
 
 Dave   AB7E
>>> 
>>> Because I'm not looking for a K4 forum.  I'm looking to AVOID all the K4
>>> traffic that will be comping.
>>> 
>>> Barry W2UP
>>> 
>>> 
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Re: [Elecraft] With the K4 coming, is it time to replace this email list with a forum?

[Nr4c]

My point is, it ain’t gonna happen. 

Sent from my iPhone
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> On Sep 6, 2020, at 10:08 PM, Barry  wrote:
> 
> My point is there's no need to hit a DELETE key in a forum with a list of
> subject titles that one may choose to read, or not.  Email lists are 1980s
> technology.  
> Barry W2UP
> 
> 
> Nr4c wrote
>> Hmmm...  “DELETE” is your friend.  
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> ...nr4c. bill
>> 
>> 
>>> On Sep 6, 2020, at 6:05 PM, Barry 
> 
>> w2up@
> 
>>  wrote:
>>> 
>>> David Gilbert-2 wrote
 And as others have pointed out, there is already a K4 forum on .io . 
 why doesn't that work for you??
 
 Dave   AB7E
>>> 
>>> Because I'm not looking for a K4 forum.  I'm looking to AVOID all the K4
>>> traffic that will be comping.
>>> 
>>> Barry W2UP
>>> 
>>> 
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Re: [Elecraft] With the K4 coming, is it time to replace this email list with a forum?

[john]

There is no reason to hit a DELETE key with the current system. I do not
receive a single email from this list. I just read the posts of interest in
the archives: http://mailman.qth.net/pipermail/elecraft/

John KK9A


Barry w2up wrote:

My point is there's no need to hit a DELETE key in a forum with a list of
subject titles that one may choose to read, or not.  Email lists are 1980s
technology.  
Barry W2UP

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Re: [Elecraft] With the K4 coming, is it time to replace this email list with a forum?

[Barry]

My point is there's no need to hit a DELETE key in a forum with a list of
subject titles that one may choose to read, or not.  Email lists are 1980s
technology.  
Barry W2UP


Nr4c wrote
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> 
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> 
>> On Sep 6, 2020, at 6:05 PM, Barry 

> w2up@

>  wrote:
>> 
>> David Gilbert-2 wrote
>>> And as others have pointed out, there is already a K4 forum on .io . 
>>> why doesn't that work for you??
>>> 
>>> Dave   AB7E
>> 
>> Because I'm not looking for a K4 forum.  I'm looking to AVOID all the K4
>> traffic that will be comping.
>> 
>> Barry W2UP
>> 
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Re: [Elecraft] With the K4 coming, is it time to replace this email list with a forum?

[Thomas Bewick]

Actually I'm finding the discussion about the discussion of k4s is more
annoying than the discussion of k4's.
Just hit delete.

Tom k2bew

On Sun, Sep 6, 2020, 19:54 David Gilbert  wrote:

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> Ahh.  Well then, I'd bet quite a lot of money that 95+% of that traffic
> will have "K4" in the header and easily be sent directly to your trash
> bin.  You'll never even see it.
>
> 73,
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>
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> On 9/6/2020 3:03 PM, Barry wrote:
> > David Gilbert-2 wrote
> >> And as others have pointed out, there is already a K4 forum on .io .
> >> why doesn't that work for you??
> >>
> >> Dave   AB7E
> > Because I'm not looking for a K4 forum.  I'm looking to AVOID all the K4
> > traffic that will be comping.
> >
> > Barry W2UP
> >
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Re: [Elecraft] With the K4 coming, is it time to replace this email list with a forum?

[Wes]

Some people have no friends, they just want to whine and complain.

Wes  N7WS

On 9/6/2020 5:05 PM, Nr4c wrote:

Hmmm...  “DELETE” is your friend.

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On Sep 6, 2020, at 6:05 PM, Barry  wrote:

David Gilbert-2 wrote

And as others have pointed out, there is already a K4 forum on .io .
why doesn't that work for you??

Dave   AB7E

Because I'm not looking for a K4 forum.  I'm looking to AVOID all the K4
traffic that will be comping.

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Re: [Elecraft] With the K4 coming, is it time to replace this email list with a forum?

[Dave Cole]

Yes...  I wish most folks would follow the convention of putting the 
device name in the subject...


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On 9/6/20 5:00 PM, Alan - G4GNX wrote:
I'd bet quite a lot that it will only be 50% because most contributors 
are too lazy to change the header.


73,

Alan. G4GNX


-- Original Message --
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To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Sent: 07/09/2020 00:52:45
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] With the K4 coming, is it time to replace this 
email list with a forum?




Ahh.  Well then, I'd bet quite a lot of money that 95+% of that 
traffic will have "K4" in the header and easily be sent directly to 
your trash bin.  You'll never even see it.


73,
Dave   AB7E


On 9/6/2020 3:03 PM, Barry wrote:

David Gilbert-2 wrote
And as others have pointed out, there is already a K4 forum on .io 
.

why doesn't that work for you??

Dave   AB7E

Because I'm not looking for a K4 forum.  I'm looking to AVOID all the K4
traffic that will be comping.

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Re: [Elecraft] With the K4 coming, is it time to replace this email list with a forum?

[Nr4c]

Hmmm...  “DELETE” is your friend.  

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> On Sep 6, 2020, at 6:05 PM, Barry  wrote:
> 
> David Gilbert-2 wrote
>> And as others have pointed out, there is already a K4 forum on .io . 
>> why doesn't that work for you??
>> 
>> Dave   AB7E
> 
> Because I'm not looking for a K4 forum.  I'm looking to AVOID all the K4
> traffic that will be comping.
> 
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Re: [Elecraft] With the K4 coming, is it time to replace this email list with a forum?

[Alan - G4GNX]

I'd bet quite a lot that it will only be 50% because most contributors 
are too lazy to change the header.


73,

Alan. G4GNX


-- Original Message --
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To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net
Sent: 07/09/2020 00:52:45
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] With the K4 coming, is it time to replace this 
email list with a forum?




Ahh.  Well then, I'd bet quite a lot of money that 95+% of that traffic will have 
"K4" in the header and easily be sent directly to your trash bin.  You'll never 
even see it.

73,
Dave   AB7E


On 9/6/2020 3:03 PM, Barry wrote:

David Gilbert-2 wrote

And as others have pointed out, there is already a K4 forum on .io .
why doesn't that work for you??

Dave   AB7E

Because I'm not looking for a K4 forum.  I'm looking to AVOID all the K4
traffic that will be comping.

Barry W2UP




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Re: [Elecraft] With the K4 coming, is it time to replace this email list with a forum?

[David Gilbert]

Ahh.  Well then, I'd bet quite a lot of money that 95+% of that traffic 
will have "K4" in the header and easily be sent directly to your trash 
bin.  You'll never even see it.


73,
Dave   AB7E


On 9/6/2020 3:03 PM, Barry wrote:

David Gilbert-2 wrote

And as others have pointed out, there is already a K4 forum on .io .
why doesn't that work for you??

Dave   AB7E

Because I'm not looking for a K4 forum.  I'm looking to AVOID all the K4
traffic that will be comping.

Barry W2UP




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Re: [Elecraft] With the K4 coming, is it time to replace this email list with a forum?

[W2xj]

then build a filter. 

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> On Sep 6, 2020, at 6:04 PM, Barry  wrote:
> 
> David Gilbert-2 wrote
>> And as others have pointed out, there is already a K4 forum on .io . 
>> why doesn't that work for you??
>> 
>> Dave   AB7E
> 
> Because I'm not looking for a K4 forum.  I'm looking to AVOID all the K4
> traffic that will be comping.
> 
> Barry W2UP
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Re: [Elecraft] With the K4 coming, is it time to replace this email list with a forum?

[Barry]

David Gilbert-2 wrote
> And as others have pointed out, there is already a K4 forum on .io . 
> why doesn't that work for you??
> 
> Dave   AB7E

Because I'm not looking for a K4 forum.  I'm looking to AVOID all the K4
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Re: [Elecraft] With the K4 coming, is it time to replace this email list with a forum?

[David Gilbert]

Text email downloads take a trivial amount of time and bandwidth. 
Filters (either software or mental) easily take care of the rest.


And as others have pointed out, there is already a K4 forum on .io . 
why doesn't that work for you??


Dave   AB7E


Yes, emails can be filtered, but does it make sense to download 
hundreds of
emails when only a handful are of interest due to your equipment 
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Re: [Elecraft] With the K4 coming, is it time to replace this email list with a forum?

[Phil Hystad via Elecraft]

If there were an alternative to e-mail for the kind of dialog that takes place
on this e-mail reflector I think the style and format, along with operating 
rules,
of the Stack Exchange forums would be a great fit.

Now, I don’t think Stack Exchange would allow a vendor directed forum and
there is already a Ham Radio forum which is not that good in my opinion but
the way the software works, the organization, the division of posted questions 
with
answers and the voting to rank answers (and even questions) is very good.  Each
forum also has a chat mode for back & forth dribble that might come up now and
then.  

If you have not visited a stack exchange forum, consider some of the following
which I list merely because these are some I follow.

https://physics.stackexchange.com 

https://ham.stackexchange.com 

https://math.stackexchange.com 

And, this last link is a sort of directory of available SE topic areas:

https://stackexchange.com/sites 


73, phil, K7PEH


> On Sep 6, 2020, at 1:37 PM, Tom Azlin W7SUA  wrote:
> 
> Nope.
> 
> Besides I use IMAP so only what I click on gets downloaded.
> 
> I would rather have all the traffic and the volume does not bother me.
> 
> Tom w7sua
> 
> On 9/6/2020 5:47 AM, Barry wrote:
>> With ever increasing volume, sure to increase exponentially when the K4's
>> start coming, is it time to replace this list with a forum?
>> Yes, emails can be filtered, but does it make sense to download hundreds of
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Re: [Elecraft] With the K4 coming, is it time to replace this email list with a forum?

[Tom Azlin W7SUA]

Nope.

Besides I use IMAP so only what I click on gets downloaded.

I would rather have all the traffic and the volume does not bother me.

Tom w7sua

On 9/6/2020 5:47 AM, Barry wrote:

With ever increasing volume, sure to increase exponentially when the K4's
start coming, is it time to replace this list with a forum?

Yes, emails can be filtered, but does it make sense to download hundreds of
emails when only a handful are of interest due to your equipment inventory?

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Re: [Elecraft] With the K4 coming, is it time to replace this email list with a forum?

[Dave Cole]

Given that the market for K4 radios will come primarily from K3 owners 
initially, the last thing Elecraft will do is to start a different 
group, and I am glad of that.  This COVID crap can not have been easy 
for them, couple that with fires, etc., and they need to sell radios!


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On 9/6/20 10:46 AM, Nr4c wrote:

This comes up often. And Elecraft is adamant that they want it just as it is. 
And it’s their “football”.

There is a group on groups.io for the L4 (Elecraft-L4).  Perhaps you can check 
it out.

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On Sep 6, 2020, at 9:30 AM, David Christ  wrote:

What I have most valued in this list is not the specific information on a 
piece of Elecraft equipment I own but the the educational value of so much of 
the other things posted.  Not only do I learn new things, I also find comments 
about other models that can be applied to those I own.  This only the beginning 
of the strength of a general list.

David K0LUM


On Sep 6, 2020, at 7:47 AM, Barry  wrote:

With ever increasing volume, sure to increase exponentially when the K4's
start coming, is it time to replace this list with a forum?

Yes, emails can be filtered, but does it make sense to download hundreds of
emails when only a handful are of interest due to your equipment inventory?

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Re: [Elecraft] With the K4 coming, is it time to replace this email list with a forum?

[Nr4c]

This comes up often. And Elecraft is adamant that they want it just as it is. 
And it’s their “football”.  

There is a group on groups.io for the L4 (Elecraft-L4).  Perhaps you can check 
it out. 

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> On Sep 6, 2020, at 9:30 AM, David Christ  wrote:
> 
> What I have most valued in this list is not the specific information on a 
> piece of Elecraft equipment I own but the the educational value of so much of 
> the other things posted.  Not only do I learn new things, I also find 
> comments about other models that can be applied to those I own.  This only 
> the beginning of the strength of a general list.
> 
> David K0LUM
> 
>> On Sep 6, 2020, at 7:47 AM, Barry  wrote:
>> 
>> With ever increasing volume, sure to increase exponentially when the K4's
>> start coming, is it time to replace this list with a forum?
>> 
>> Yes, emails can be filtered, but does it make sense to download hundreds of
>> emails when only a handful are of interest due to your equipment inventory?
>> 
>> Barry W2UP
>> 
>> 
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Re: [Elecraft] With the K4 coming, is it time to replace this email list with a forum?

[rich hurd WC3T]

I think Wayne has answered this. Beat it to death, really. Groups.io has
its place and so does the reflector.

On Sun, Sep 6, 2020 at 08:47 Barry  wrote:

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>
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>
>
>
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>
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>
>
>
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Re: [Elecraft] With the K4 coming, is it time to replace this email list with a forum?

[David Christ]

What I have most valued in this list is not the specific information on a piece 
of Elecraft equipment I own but the the educational value of so much of the 
other things posted.  Not only do I learn new things, I also find comments 
about other models that can be applied to those I own.  This only the beginning 
of the strength of a general list.

David K0LUM

> On Sep 6, 2020, at 7:47 AM, Barry  wrote:
> 
> With ever increasing volume, sure to increase exponentially when the K4's
> start coming, is it time to replace this list with a forum?
> 
> Yes, emails can be filtered, but does it make sense to download hundreds of
> emails when only a handful are of interest due to your equipment inventory?
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[Elecraft] With the K4 coming, is it time to replace this email list with a forum?

[Barry]

With ever increasing volume, sure to increase exponentially when the K4's
start coming, is it time to replace this list with a forum?

Yes, emails can be filtered, but does it make sense to download hundreds of
emails when only a handful are of interest due to your equipment inventory?

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