Hi, I am curious just what the advantages of an email forum over an online one. Thanks for the search tip, but it is still an annoying way to search. Some advantages to an online forum might be the ability to see the number of views on a thread, number of answers on a thread without counting the stupid emails, moving a thread to a sticky position to use as a FAQ, etc. Do not get me wrong I am a big command line fan with Linux but sometimes GUI's are easier, I am not one of those purist who only use a MAC, Windows or Linux - I use what I think is the best fit for a job... Thanks for all the fast replys you Guys/Gals are great! -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: chuck.bunn.vcf Type: text/x-vcard Size: 277 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://lists.digium.com/pipermail/asterisk-users/attachments/20050331/82b4ba27/chuck.bunn.vcf
On Thu, March 31, 2005 20:07, Chuck Bunn said:> Hi, > > I am curious just what the advantages of an email forum over an online > one.off-line reading for one! I can sync my email and read it anywhere anytime, with or without Internet access!> Thanks for the search tip, but it is still an annoying way to > search. Some advantages to an online forum might be the ability to see > the number of views on a thread, number of answers on a thread without > counting the stupid emails, moving a thread to a sticky position to use > as a FAQ, etc.Use a threaded email client... Helps a lot!> Do not get me wrong I am a big command line fan with > Linux but sometimes GUI's are easier, I am not one of those purist who > only use a MAC, Windows or Linux - I use what I think is the best fit > for a job... >me too... for this type of thing maillists are IMHO the best fit, but to everybody his/her own! ;-) -- Francesco Peeters ---- GPG Key = AA69 E7C6 1D8A F148 160C D5C4 9943 6E38 D5E3 7704 If your program doesn't recognize my signature, please visit http://www.CAcert.org/index.php?id=3 to retrieve the Root CA certificate.
On March 31, 2005 01:07 pm, Chuck Bunn wrote:> I am curious just what the advantages of an email forum over an online > one. Thanks for the search tip, but it is still an annoying way toThis has been hashed over time and time again. In a nutshell: - offline access - threaded access - ease of searching (granted this list doesn't fall into that category) - bandwidth considerations - ease of navigation (see threaded and searching points above) - readability (no ads, banners, panels, etc.) - accessibility (no javascript, ads, popups, cutesy icons, etc.) - no single point of failure (voip-info.org, anyone?) oh and did I mention no cutesy colours, themes, icons, avatars, ads, animations, sounds, popups, etc. etc. etc.? If you need more, check the archives. Feel free to set one up but every one that has in the past has killed it off due to lack of use. All the "experts" hang out on the mailing lists for the reasons mentioned above. -A.
> I am curious just what the advantages of an email forum over an online > one.Main advantage : I don't have to go to a website and check if there is some new post. I receive them when there is one. I can't imagine that all the people on this list would go there every day to check it.> Some advantages to an online forum might be the ability to see > the number of views on a thread, number of answers on a thread without > counting the stupid emails, moving a thread to a sticky position to use > as a FAQ, etc. Do not get me wrong I am a big command line fan withMaybe you would like Gmail. It present you the mail as a conversation (like a newsgroup) and let you use the power of google to search in your mail. If you want an invite, drop me a mail and I'll gladly send you one. Have a nice day