Re: Proposal: An alternative to mailing lists which isn't a forum
On Thu, 09 Oct 2014 23:16:33 +0300
softwatt <softwatt@gmx.com> wrote:
> I have been contemplating the merits of mailing lists and comparing
> them with those of forums,
[snip]
> If you're really impatient and prefer examples, head to the "usage
> example" at the bottom of the mail and skip the rest.
>
> Advantages of mailing lists:
> - Integrated with your mailing client
> - Filters
> - Work offline
> - Builtin PGP support
> - several others I haven't mentioned, but most of them stem from #1
You missed the biggest 2 advantages of mailing lists:
1) The messages come to you, you don't need to remember to go out to two
dozen forums to find your conversations.
2) You don't need to log in to post a reply.
I'm on several forums. But invariably, as time goes on, I forget their
existence. The day's just too busy to walk around the web visiting
groups.
SteveT
Steve Litt * http://www.troubleshooters.com/
Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance
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