Harold Fuchs wrote:
On Saturday, November 04, 2006 3:00 AM [GMT+1=CET], [email protected]
<[email protected]> wrote:
Harold wrote:
Perhaps we should alter the format of the list.
People who don't like email can use OOoForums.
People who like neither mailing lists, nor web forums can use the
gmane news server.
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As somebody who receives 2000 messages on a very slow day, I'd much
rather subscribe to a mailing list, than keep checking a web forum or
news group for an answer to my questions.
It's not a question of "not liking e-mail". It's a question of not liking
hundreds of messages per day.
What I said was that we should consider changing to a format where (a) people
can post without having to subscribe *and* (b) *those* people *only* get
messages relating to the thread(s) they started. This way they don't get
hundreds of messages *and* they don't have to keep checking a forum.
Harold,
When you refer to the "OO forum", are you talking about this mailing
list, or the OOoForum web site?
http://www.oooforum.org/
I just went to OOoForum, and checked my profile (I've been subscribed
for 12 months or so - and have never received a message from there as a
result). I don't think subscribers there get any email from OOoForum
unless they ask for it, and then only in relation to threads that they
start or post in. There is a flag in the subscribers profile that can be
turned off, which I think stops OOoForum from sending any email at all.
Turning it on probably does what you have described you would like to
happen, i.e. you get emailed messages that are in reply to threads that
you post in, and not otherwise.
As well, if you don't want any email it's still easy to keep track of
replies to any question you ask on OOoForum. When you start a new topic
thread you can bookmark the URL to it, then go back at any time to check
replies.
Ross
I also said that there are many web based forums that work like this although I don't know what they are called.
The current OOo forum requires that you subscribe (and therefore get hundreds
of messages a day). A new user, or someone with a simple query about OOo does
*not* want to be invaded by hundreds of irrelevant messages.
The gmane news server also generates hundreds of messages per day. The same
arguments apply. And you can't not subscribe to it.
Harold Fuchs
London, England
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