Re: [GZG] [LST] Mail list vs. Forums

["Roger Books" <roger.books@xxxxxxxxx>]

I get google groups as digests.  I get google groups as individual e-mails.  I have
google groups which I only read in the forum.  I have never heard of a google
group being shut down for volume, although I am not omniscient.

To be clear I have some google groups set-up so that there is no perceivable
difference between that and a list.

Gmail is good at filtering SPAM, if there isn't a tie-back to the groups I would
be surprised.

Roger

On 7/10/06, Adrian <adrian@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>My experience of lists and fora suggests that people who have something
>useful to say are disproportionately represented among those who prefer
>lists, so it's not just my self-interest saying that we should keep the
>list going. :-)

Yes, and yes again.

Switching to Yahoo or Google or whatever would, I think, see many of us
gone.  Receiving this list in digest format is by far, for me anyway, the
best way to keep up with what is going on.  I download a few emails, and I
have the entire day's traffic.  As Oerjan said, I can read offline at my
leisure.

I'm biased - I don't like fora much, and think it would be sad to see this
(excellent) list go the way of a forum.  As a supplementary tool, for
posting pictures and whatnot, perhaps.  But not to replace the list.

-Adrian


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