On Fri, 2003-07-18 at 12:11, Matthew Hardeman wrote: > I feel your pain! > > I tend to prefer html based forums... They keep threads well organized, > cause less overhead on the server, conserve bandwidth, etc...
I understand you are a crack addict by your use of Outlook, and your opinion that fancy formating and graphics could be less bandwidth intensive than plain text. The only way you use less bandwidth is if you have fewer users reading. A mailing list broadcast the message to all users, then you can read it over and over again without incurring more transport bandwidth with the original server. > They also give visual priority to new threads and active threads... What do you think bold on unread is? Get a threaded mail reader, and enjoy. > On the other hand, to deal with forums, you actually have to go check > them... Yep, reason not to use them on top of the above absurdities you try and put forth. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chris Earle > (CBL) > Sent: Friday, July 18, 2003 9:02 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [Asterisk-Users] OT: list format vs newsgroup format > > 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....... > > > only problem being that this list requires list membership before > posting............<Shrug> > > > C h r i s E a r l e > System Solutions Specialist > > _______________________________________________ > Asterisk-Users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > > _______________________________________________ > Asterisk-Users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users -- Steven Critchfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
