On Tue, 22 May 2001, Spencer Smith wrote:
> This email list server is kind of weak in terms of threads and discussion.
>
> Should be moved over to a Forums. I built a really good robust one. If I
> get some requests, I can implement it and host it for free.
>
> Anyone interested in moving this over to a Forums?
>
>
Email list servers don't have anything to do with threads -- intelligent
mail readers do. It's trivially simple to set up a mail client like
Netscape Communicator or Outlook Express to filter incoming messages for
each mail list into a separate folder, and then set the sorting sequence
to threaded.
In addition, switching to forums (as in NNTP) would disenfranchise a large
number of subscribers who are behind firewalls that prevent newsgroup
access.
Craig
