Taming the mailing lists?
M. Fioretti
m.fioretti at inwind.it
Fri Apr 30 20:48:56 UTC 2004
On Fri, Apr 30, 2004 16:16:08 PM -0400, Joe(theWordy)Philbrook (jtwdyp at ttlc.net) wrote:
> It would appear that on Apr 30, Mikha ben Avraham did say:
>
> > Personally, I prefer forums to mailing lists. Forums give the ability to
> > separate different categories of problems and discussion.
> >
> > The major advantage I see for a forum compared to a mailing list is that
> > a forum is more of a "browsing" medium, and mailing list just stuff
> > everything down your throat.
[SNIP]
>
> I'm betting your not using a threaded mail reader... Or you haven't
> configured your mail reader to use it <grin> When I first joined this
> list I wasn't using pines threaded format And I could see what you mean
> by "stuffing everything down your throat" Now I separate my lists with
> filters, and use threading... much better.
Exactly. A properly configured mail (or news) reader makes using many
forums much faster.
Ciao,
Marco Fioretti
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