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2021-11-28 Thread Gary Kramlich
Greetings Programs! Sorry for all the downtime with the mailing lists, they're back up now (obviously) but will be taking them down again in the next few days for their migration to a new server. I wrote a more detailed write up to the devel mailing list [1] if anyone wants to know more

Re: It's 2016, why are we still using mailing lists?

2016-10-13 Thread Mark Rousell
On 13/10/2016 02:24, Dave Warren wrote: > More importantly, nearly every case I've seen where an active community > of technically inclined helpers assist novice users moves from a mailing > list to a forum, many/most of the helpers don't go with it, leaving the > forums a barren wasteland of

Re: It's 2016, why are we still using mailing lists?

2016-10-13 Thread Mark Rousell
ted out, that one of the key problems with forums is that they require users to actually visit them to actually participate (rather than merely consume other people's discussions by email). I am a member of a great many mailing lists but only a few forums. The dynamics of community connection differ b

Re: It's 2016, why are we still using mailing lists?

2016-10-13 Thread Mark Rousell
On 08/10/2016 23:35, David Woolley wrote: > On 08/10/16 22:49, Alex Oren wrote: >> Are there any compelling reasons not to use an internet forum? >> >> Their many advantages over mailing lists include: >> - Easier searching for existing solutions. >> - Fine-grained

Re: It's 2016, why are we still using mailing lists?

2016-10-12 Thread Dave Warren
of which are pluses. Or maybe that's just me. At my peak I was actively reading over 200 mailing lists and newsgroups, actively participating in and contributing to at least 100 on a weekly basis and virtually all on a semi-regular (monthly) basis. Some I just read for information. Sometimes I'd follow the

RE: It's 2016, why are we still using mailing lists?

2016-10-11 Thread David Balažic
re is an order of magnitude more trolling on forums than on mailing lists. Regards, David ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to unsubscribe? Use this link: https://pidgin.im/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support

Re: It's 2016, why are we still using mailing lists?

2016-10-08 Thread pidgin
On 08-10-2016 18:23, Brian Morrison wrote: On Sat, 8 Oct 2016 17:49:15 -0400 Alex Oren wrote: Are there any compelling reasons not to use an internet forum? Comes to me automatically, I don't have to visit a forum. Email notifications (with full text).

Re: It's 2016, why are we still using mailing lists?

2016-10-08 Thread pidgin
On 08-10-2016 18:35, David Woolley wrote: On 08/10/16 22:49, Alex Oren wrote: Are there any compelling reasons not to use an internet forum? Their many advantages over mailing lists include: - Easier searching for existing solutions. - Fine-grained control over email notifications

Re: It's 2016, why are we still using mailing lists?

2016-10-08 Thread David Woolley
On 08/10/16 22:49, Alex Oren wrote: Are there any compelling reasons not to use an internet forum? Their many advantages over mailing lists include: - Easier searching for existing solutions. - Fine-grained control over email notifications. - The ability to display prominent explanation of what

Re: It's 2016, why are we still using mailing lists?

2016-10-08 Thread Brian Morrison
On Sat, 8 Oct 2016 17:49:15 -0400 Alex Oren wrote: > Are there any compelling reasons not to use an internet forum? Comes to me automatically, I don't have to visit a forum. -- Brian ___ Support@pidgin.im mailing list Want to

It's 2016, why are we still using mailing lists?

2016-10-08 Thread Alex Oren
Are there any compelling reasons not to use an internet forum? Their many advantages over mailing lists include: - Easier searching for existing solutions. - Fine-grained control over email notifications. - The ability to display prominent explanation of what support can be expected