List issues (was: Re: [lug] fauscette at yahoo.com)

[Bob Kanick]

Good points!!  I will take a different approach....

Thanks,
Bob


Sean Reifschneider wrote:
> 
> On Wed, Nov 03, 1999 at 12:47:50PM -0700, Bob Kanick wrote:
> >e-mails is rather frustrating.  Wouldn't this forum be better
> >served by a bulletin/discussion board???   We use one for another
> >club I'm in and it works great.  You get on to the website and
> 
> The problem with web-based "bulliten boards" is that they force you
> to use a single (often not a very good) user interface.  I've never
> seen a web-based discussion system which had the power of most mail
> processing systems.  They also require that you remain connected the
> entire time and be at the mercy of all links between you and the
> site.
> 
> It sounds like you may not have a very good mail environment.  The
> better mail systems will allow you to filter list traffic out into
> special folders, and sort the items by threads so that you can
> easily kill threads that don't interest you, and read the ones
> that do.
> 
> If all you want is to access the list via the web, have you tried
> the mailing list archives?  See www.lug.boulder.co.us for more
> information.
> 
> Sean
> --
>  Electricity travels a foot in a nanosecond.
>                  -- Commodore Grace Murray Hopper
> Sean Reifschneider, Inimitably Superfluous <jafo at tummy.com>
> URL: <http://www.tummy.com/xvscan> HP-UX/Linux/FreeBSD/BSDOS scanning software.
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Web Page:  http://lug.boulder.co.us
> Mailing List: http://lists.lug.boulder.co.us/mailman/listinfo/lug