It hath once been written:
>Here are my concerns, in no particular order:
>
> 1.) I don't want to have to go use some third application to read my
>OpenSRS discuss-list messages. I already have a mail program, I have no
>desire to now also fire up an NNTP reader or a web browser to get
>messages which were quite happily landing in my inbox. Not all of us
>use BloatWare mail applications that try to speak every protocol on the
>face of the planet.
>
> 2.) This gives the ability for OpenSRS to simply say "Oh, I wish that
>topic had never been broached" and delete the entire thread "poof" ...
>gone, into the ether, with no copies remaining except for whatever
>local caches exist on various peoples' workstations. With e-mail, there
>is a guarantee that *everyone* has a copy, readily available until they
>delete it themselves.
>
>I can honestly say that if the means by which I have to get my
>discuss-list information changes to a web forum or the use of an NNTP
>reader, that I will cease to be a domain-reseller for Tucows. I barely
>have time to follow the list when it's in my inbox, let alone going
>through extra effort to follow it using external methods.
>
>By and large, I think that the two "why this is happening" reasons are
>utter crap. Spam and viruses are easily mitigated via restrictions on
>attachment-types and limiting who can post to the list, and "threading"
>is pretty much built into every mail application made in the last five
>years. So if THOSE are the reasons you're proposing as the "why", then
>someone seriously needs to come up with a better cover story.
>
>Others' mileage may vary, obviously.
I think that it is also worth mentioning:
"Other's mileage may _not_ vary, obviously."
Some of us do not post on these lists much, but receiving them is important
to
our businesses.
Moving from a "push" technology (email lists) to a "pull" technology (online
forums) will render it completely unused to some of us.
Cheers!
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Thankfully they created the word 'muffin'
else I would be eating a cupcake for breakfast
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