Absolutely. I have no problem parsing and deleting. --David
On 9/24/2010 8:18 AM, michel wrote: > Sorry, but I don't get why people can't delete emails on topics they aren't > interested in; do some people here feel the need to read all the spam they > get? > > > > Michel > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "David kerber" <dcker...@verizon.net> > To: <users@tomcat.apache.org> > Sent: Friday, September 24, 2010 8:00 AM > Subject: Re: Why an email list, and not a forum? > > >> On 9/24/2010 4:06 AM, Wesley Acheson wrote: >> >> ... >> >>> The point is once your involved in something, doing more than just >>> looking for answers a Mailing list is much better, it involves you >>> much more directly. I don't have to check 10 sites for my 10 >>> subscribed mailing lists. The emails are just there all filtered into >>> their own labels (folders). So its probably better for a open source >>> project to use a mailing list. >> +1. I actually prefer NNTP groups, but mailing lists are a close second. >> As soon as you need to follow more than one group, e-mail is much more >> efficient than a web-based forum. >> >>> The dev list has other special functions you just wouldn't see working >>> with a forum, such as having the commit logs mailed, and the bugs >>> mailed. This doesn't work well with forums as you'd either have one >>> massive topic or spam with several little topics. >>> >>> Having said all that though I woudn't attempt to read these lists with >>> outlook/outlook express or thunderbird. That just wouldn't work for >>> me. >> T-bird works fine once you set filters to organize the e-mails. >> >> D >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org >> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org
