Dragaera

Mailing list vs. forum (was: warning to newbies)

Jason *Jaxel* Axelrod jda3 at njit.edu
Tue Feb 10 10:48:52 PST 2004

> You know, I've wondered for the past couple of days if the mailing list
> might be better presented in some form of web forum, like phpbb or
> ubbthreads. I say this not so that we can have picture sigs or any of
> that crap, but rather just that it would be much easier to trim out
> stuff and might make reading a particular thread a little nicer. Also,
> if you ignore an entire thread, you don't have to delete it from your
> Inbox. I know that most people won't like this suggestion, but it
> occurred to me. Oh, and, you can do things like password protect the
> forums and have people have to register to post, etc. so that you don't
> have trouble with bots posting, etc.
> 
> Thoughts, opinions, flames? Btw, I do appreciate having this mailing
> list, and I also appreciate the people that make it possible. I'm not
> trying to offend anyone or raise any hackles, but just wondering
> something outloud... err... in text.

I personally think this would be best as a Usenet. Newsgroups are great and
I'm sure there would be no problem with people using Outlook, Forte,
Nutscrape or anyone else's favorite NNTP.