It's on by default because Google Groups was designed around the idea of mailing lists and not the message board/forum idea. A few years ago they were distinctly two different things, but with the now common practice of archiving mailing lists on the web, the line between them has been very blurred. Google Groups provides the web view of the mailing list for people like yourself that are more accustomed to message boards, but it is an extension of the mailing list, and thus receiving the e-mails is still the default. Hope this explains it well. Sorry to continue the off-topic thread, but I thought I'd offer a little insight.
On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 3:52 PM, tony_rosano <[email protected]> wrote: > > thanks.. i feel dumb... but then again... why is this on by "default"? > yes i know this is small in the scheme of things. IMHO it should be > off by default. message boards and wave is scalable, peoples inboxs > are not so in the practical sense( one more reason to adapt to wave) > had this been a super popular slashyoutweaterspace multi thousand wave > response thread... Imagine joe sixpack handling this.. on by defualt i > don't see as koser. > its a useful "feature"... but only if a person "needs" it... > > i do route a private message board i run to my email.... but then > again i need that and i configured yahoo to do that. > and in this case it took me a little bit to figure out where these > emails were coming from...and not so straight forward to a new person > to this board how to change it..... yes it is simple... if you know > where to look. > > remember to be scalible.... does Slashdot have this feature on by > default? > > my 2 cents. > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Wave Protocol" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/wave-protocol?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
