[C320-list] Forums vs. email-list (was thongs.. :)

[crashley at gte.net]

Very well put. There, I've added another useless message for everyone to 
read.

CRA
Rosebud #882


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "K L" <sfca33 at hotmail.com>
To: <c320-list at catalina320.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 27, 2006 8:38 AM
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Forums vs. email-list (was thongs.. :)


>I agree, I would much prefer that the group use the forum approach. Even if 
>you filter or set up a separate email address, you still have to wade 
>through many messages that are of no interest and you still have to mark 
>the ones you want to delete. Many of these messages are really personal 
>communication between two people that get forwarded to the whole group. My 
>final point is that with the email approach, knowledge gets lost. Someone 
>takes a fair amount of time to write an informative email but that 
>information is not saved for future subscribers to the list.
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> I am currently using the McAfee forum to resolve a software issue and I 
> love the way it works. Knowledge is preserved in threads that future 
> readers search and I get an email to alert me to the fact that someone has 
> posted a response to my posting. Very efficient.
>
> Ken Danko
> #802, Grace
> San Francisco
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>>From: <brer at adelphia.net>
>>Reply-To: C320-List <c320-list at catalina320.com>
>>To: catalina at thehares.com, C320-List <c320-list at catalina320.com>
>>Subject: Re: [C320-list] Forums vs. email-list  (was thongs.. :)
>>Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2006 19:40:07 -0700
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>>I'm new to the 320 discussions, but my two cents worth is I prefer the 
>>forum format as apposed to the E-mail communication. The forums allow me 
>>to select the topic I'm interested in at the time. However there is a 
>>wealth of information here and everyone is quite helpful, and I will use 
>>whatever format is available.   Don
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>>#165
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