Forum?

[David Nicholls]

On 16/10/11 5:04 AM, Ryan Schmidt wrote:

> I like mailing lists better because the conversation is delivered
> directly to me without me having to do anything, beyond having my
> email program open, which I generally already do. I hear the "new
> message" sound and can see that new messages have arrived in the
> folders into which I sort my mailing list messages.
>
> Whereas with a forum, I have to constantly go visit the forum web
> site to see if any new messages have arrived. I seldom remember to do
> so.
>

I agree completely. I can keep tabs on passing questions and answers 
every time I check my inbox, with mailing lists.  A forum requires a 
specific visit and I forget to do this regularly.  So long as the 
mailing list has searchable archives, you lose no access to past answers.

DN

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