<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">I have to agree here. I'm coming to this thread late but I use almost nothing but mail lists as I can like the poster said have mail pushed to my phone or my computer and I can take care of it everywhere. so I say I am also apposed to closing this mailing list. I say leave it open and just gard against spammers or moderate every post and only let the non spammers get through.<br><div apple-content-edited="true">
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<br><div><div>On Feb 6, 2012, at 11:09 AM, Michelle Konzack wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div>Hello Stuart McGraw,<br><br>Am 2012-02-06 10:22:56, hacktest Du folgendes herunter:<br><blockquote type="cite">Mailing lists have a number of advantages over web-based forums:<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">* Easy to save posts for future reference. This is a PITA on forums.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">* Interface choice in my control (I can choose from any number<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> of mail readers) vs whatever interface the the web forum server<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> provides. I can also read maillist posts via the web (e.g. google<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> or my choice of usenet newsreader (gmane, etc)<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">* There are a large number of tools for working with mail messages.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">* Mail readers offer features unavailable in forums like filters<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> and kill-lists, keeping track of what's been read previously,<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> etc. (I realize the volume on the vlc list is low enough that<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> some of these are not often needed but still...)<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">* Mail lists are often archived in multiple places (gmane, google,<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> nabble, etc) so the accumulated knowledge-base and history are<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> not subject to the longevity or availability of a single web site. <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">* Mail interfaces make better use of screen real-estate. Most web<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> forums waste large amount of space on avatars, jpeg sigs, ads, etc.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">* Mail is pushed to me with no effort on my part. It is easy to<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> delete (or in my case ignore, since I read via gmame). With a <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> web forum, I have to take a positive action to visit the web site<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> (and since I'm both busy and lazy, am less likely to do.)<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">* Better responsiveness. Web forums, for those of us who still<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"> have not-so-fast internet connections, feel slow and bogy.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">I realize some of the items above are subjective and a matter of<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">taste. But I think there are a number of readers like myself that <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">still find mail easier and more efficient to work with.<br></blockquote><br>The whole thing above could be written by my self too!<br>There is not a singel item I disagree...<br><br><blockquote type="cite">IMO a good solution is a two way gateway between the maillist<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">and the forum: posts to the forum appear as mail lists posts,<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">and visa versa. The big disadvantage is obviously the work needed<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">to setup and maintain such as gateway.<br></blockquote><br>:-/<br><br>Currently I do such thing for my own mailinglists runing "courier-mlm".<br><br><blockquote type="cite">Another possibility would by a one-way gateway: forum -> maillist.<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">To post (which most people do infrequently) one would have to<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">register and post at the forum, but it would still provide the <br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">advantages above for readers which is what most people do most of<br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite">the time.<br></blockquote><br>1+<br><br>Thanks, Greetings and nice Day/Evening<br> Michelle Konzack<br><br>-- <br>##################### Debian GNU/Linux Consultant ######################<br> Development of Intranet and Embedded Systems with Debian GNU/Linux<br> Internet Service Provider, Cloud Computing<br> <<a href="http://www.itsystems.tamay-dogan.net/">http://www.itsystems.tamay-dogan.net/</a>><br><br>itsystems@tdnet Jabber <a href="mailto:linux4michelle@jabber.ccc.de">linux4michelle@jabber.ccc.de</a><br>Owner Michelle Konzack<br><br>Gewerbe Strasse 3 Tel office: +49-176-86004575<br>77694 Kehl Tel mobil: +49-177-9351947<br>Germany Tel mobil: +33-6-61925193 (France)<br><br>USt-ID: DE 278 049 239<br><br>Linux-User #280138 with the Linux Counter, <a href="http://counter.li.org/">http://counter.li.org/</a><br>______________________________________________________<br>vlc mailing list<br>To unsubscribe or modify your subscription options:<br><a href="http://mailman.videolan.org/listinfo/vlc">http://mailman.videolan.org/listinfo/vlc</a><br></div></blockquote></div><br></body></html>