[Asterisk-Users] OT: list format vs newsgroup format

[Chris Earle (CBL)]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steven Critchfield" <critch at basesys.com>
To: <asterisk-users at lists.digium.com>
Sent: Friday, July 18, 2003 10:16 AM
Subject: Re: [Asterisk-Users] OT: list format vs newsgroup format


> On Fri, 2003-07-18 at 09:02, Chris Earle (CBL) wrote:
> > Arrrrgh
> >
> > I hate trying to sift through all these messages and keep track of the
> > various threads going on .........
> >
> > Who else on here prefers the newsgroup/threaded approach?  If you
haven't
> > already, check out news.gmane.org for mailing lists turned into
newsgroups
> > readable by news readers.......
>
> What you need is to get a decent mail reader. Those of us that complain
> regularly about people changing subjects in the middle of a thread
> already know the benefits of threaded email reading. Why bother with a
> newsgroup because you choose to stay on windows and use outbreak express
>

hmm........I think I *do* realize the benefits of threaded email reading -- 
that's why I was supporting services like gmane! ;-)
I do realize that OE isn't really the best idea, but it works fairly well
with some proper setup (folders, rules etc....).

> > only problem being that this list requires list membership before
> > posting............<Shrug>
>
> And this is a good thing. Otherwise spammers only need the list address
> to spam us all, and you get this also on newsgroups. Right now the only
> risk is the fact that the email addresses we use here are archived
> publicly in an easy to harvest method. I think that is the most risk I
> wish to undertake.

Yes yes, I know it's a good thing, just didn't help my newsgroup
format/gmane solution.......hehe
No complaints here about taking measures to prevent spam, it's more than
necessary IMO.




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