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On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 12:43 PM, Ron Wheeler < [email protected]> wrote: > On 22/07/2014 1:21 PM, Graham Leggett wrote: > >> On 22 Jul 2014, at 7:17 PM, Ron Wheeler <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> Not true. >>> You get an e-mail (individual or digest) that you can scan to see if you >>> want to participate in the discussion. >>> No more onerous than belonging to this group. >>> It also sorts out promotions and job offers from "real" discussions. >>> >> You mean like a mailing list? :) >> > Yes. > that was in response to a specific question. > > > >> Google does a way better job than any forum search function, and that’s >> the only meaningful feature in most forum software. Whenever I see a forum >> I generally ask “why not just a mailing list”? >> > Better threading. Better connection to profiles. Easy to see how active > the group is and who belongs. > Single sign-on for all groups. > Maven group already exists with 2800 members. > >> Regards, >> Graham >> — >> >> >> > > -- > Ron Wheeler > President > Artifact Software Inc > email: [email protected] > skype: ronaldmwheeler > phone: 866-970-2435, ext 102 > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > -- Jim Northrup * (408) 837-2270 *
