I agree - however many sites block NNTP at firewalls due to the amount of Spam and undesirable content in unmoderated NNTP groups - hence I would say HTTP would be may people's preferred option (more filtering capabilities out there on HTTP).
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of dan foxley Sent: 10 June 2004 16:58 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [WhatsUp Forum] Forum vs mailing list If given the option I prefer NNTP over web based forums as it seems there is a lot less overhead (GUI) with the same functionality, (archive, searching..etc.). Web based mailing list archive is available @ wugportal.com, I'd give the exact link but the site is down. According to IPSwitch, wugportal.com is run by a Chinese distributor of WUG. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Andrea Coppini > Sent: 10 June, 2004 8:19 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [WhatsUp Forum] Forum vs mailing list > > NNTP? I thought it is more or less as popular as Gopher nowadays. > > Why not simply keep a web-based archive of all the postings? > Easy enough to search through. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of dan foxley > Sent: 10 June 2004 5:06 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [WhatsUp Forum] Forum vs mailing list > > Best of both worlds (mailing list vs. forums), how bout' a > port of the mailing list to an NNTP format? GMANE.org does > it with many mailing lists. > > Dan Foxley > PDV > 9645 Scranton Rd. STE 205B > San Diego, CA 92121 > 858-642-2900 x. 2904 > F: 858-642-7449 > M: 858-518-9735 > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: 10 June, 2004 4:21 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: RE: [WhatsUp Forum] Forum vs mailing list > > > > Have both I say. Not every new WUG user or admin will want to be on > > the list. Plus sets up a categorizable knowledge base for commonly > > answered questions. You could probably embed the mailing > list archives > > in a section of the forum so they can be searchable by the better > > search features of the majority of the forum software out there > > nowadays. > > > > Bryan > > > > [Message delivered by NotifyLink] > > > > ----------Original Message---------- > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Thu, June 10, 2004 4:12 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: RE: [WhatsUp Forum] Forum vs mailing list > > > > Good idea. > > > > A forum can be better managed. It is easy to search & you > do not have > > to keep a folder with 10,000 emails in it. On top of that you would > > not have to read the out of office replies > > > > > > Chris Bell > > > > Network Monitoring Supervisor > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "Les Keith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > 10/06/2004 08:57 > > Please respond to WhatsUp_Forum > > > > > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > cc: > > Subject: RE: [WhatsUp Forum] Forum vs mailing list > > > > > > HI, > > I like the mail model > > RGDS > > > > From: Van K. Jones [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: 09 June 2004 06:32 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [WhatsUp Forum] Forum vs mailing list > > > > Has Ipswitch ever considered going to a forum based support model > > instead of a mailing list based model? A lot of good information > > passes through the list, but I am inundated with mail every > day and am > > constantly having to delete mail to stay within my quota at > work and I > > deal with support of many companies just like the rest of you. 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