RE: mailinglist vs newsgroup

2001-01-03 Thread Lacerda, Wellington (AFIS)
:Re: mailinglist vs newsgroup On 1/2/2001 at 12:49 PM Damien Serra wrote: What can we do? A working FAQ wouldn't hurt. Jyve just isn't cutting it. -- Ted Husted, Husted dot Com, Fairport NY USA

RE: mailinglist vs newsgroup

2001-01-03 Thread Ted Husted
On 1/3/2001 at 9:37 AM Wheeler, Alfred wrote: There's no need to read every word of every message. If the title doesn't interest me and the message is from this group, then I just delete it. Another good trick is to sort by author, and read the messages of your favorite submitters first (i.e.,

RE: mailinglist vs newsgroup

2001-01-02 Thread e_teer
Great idea... On Tue, 2 Jan 2001 11:47:01 -0800, biordanov Last Name wrote: Very good idea! There's really too much traffic. This is hard especially for someone (like me) using WEB-based email. Anybody else agrees? Borislav Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: "Jaap van der Molen" [EMAIL

RE: mailinglist vs newsgroup

2001-01-02 Thread Josh Knowles
I agree, we seem to get more basic Java questions then we do tomcat specific ones. -Original Message- From: biordanov Last Name [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2001 11:47 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: mailinglist vs newsgroup Very good idea! There's really

Re: mailinglist vs newsgroup

2001-01-02 Thread Damien Serra
where to find those mailing lists (java related). What can we do? -Original Message- From: biordanov Last Name [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2001 11:47 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: mailinglist vs newsgroup Very good idea! There's really too much

Re: mailinglist vs newsgroup

2001-01-02 Thread Craig R. McClanahan
Jaap van der Molen wrote: No offense, but has anyone ever considered to put this whole mailinglist into a newsgroup? We must be generating tons of traffic. Yep ... several times, as a perusal of the archives will show. The key issues seem to be: * Many users are behind firewalls that

Re: mailinglist vs newsgroup

2001-01-02 Thread greyson . smith
As long as it were "attached" to deja, it would be fine, but my firewall blocks the news port, so I would be out of luck. Also, I think that mail serves a purpose that a newsgroup does not. It seems that it's easier to send a mail to a group for a configuration error, get an answer, and move

Re: mailinglist vs newsgroup

2001-01-02 Thread Brian Engel
I agree I think this should be put into a newsgroup. Just today I have gotten 70 emails from this group! You can always browse the messages with Deja.com and you can post if you setup a free account with them. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 01/02/01 04:00PM As long as it were "attached" to deja, it

Re: mailinglist vs newsgroup

2001-01-02 Thread Alef Arendsen
... grtz, Alef - Original Message - From: "Brian Engel" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2001 22:36 Subject: Re: mailinglist vs newsgroup I agree I think this should be put into a newsgroup. Just today I have gotten 70 emails from this group! You

Re: mailinglist vs newsgroup

2001-01-02 Thread Ted Husted
On 1/2/2001 at 12:49 PM Damien Serra wrote: What can we do? A working FAQ wouldn't hurt. Jyve just isn't cutting it. -- Ted Husted, Husted dot Com, Fairport NY USA. -- Custom Software ~ Technical Services. -- Tel 716 425-0252; Fax 716 223-2506. -- http://www.husted.com/