[MLB-WIRELESS] Mailing list Vs Forum?

[Will Lanigan]

this is one of those issues that has been done to death...
mention it again and be killed :P

----- Original Message -----
From: "Andrew Dean" <ferni at shafted.com.au>
To: "melbwireless" <melbwireless at wireless.org.au>
Sent: Saturday, June 29, 2002 1:38 PM
Subject: [MLB-WIRELESS] Mailing list Vs Forum?


> Whats going on with this mailing list? it looks like its freaking out...
>
> Is there an advantage to running a mailing list rather than say a web
based
> messageboard/forum type thing?
>
> IMO a webbased forum's advantages would be
>
> - It would reduce the load and bandwidth used on the servers as it
wouldn't
> have to send out an e-mail to the (i have no idea how many people are
> subscribed to this list) XXX people subscribed to the list....
>
> - You could track the threads that interesed you, I know i skip through
some
> messages, mainly the political cra... stuff... when i know this is
important
> but not to me
>
> - The different mailing lists you have setup - you could make these
> sepereate forums and maybe give everyone else read-only access to them so
we
> can see whats going on? etc...
>
> - there are more things i could list but they are relating to what i've
> already said....
>
> I'm not sure what the advantages of the mailing-list are over a forum...
but
> i'm sure there must be some as there are so many mailing lists around....
>
> Any feedback on this? anyone agree? disagree?
>
> ...
> Ferni
>
>
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