If some of you remember, I tried an aus-soaring forum a few years ago. It even had an aus-soaring.com.au domain name. To get people in, I wrote a script that would "gank" all emails on this list and put it the forum, so the content was synchronised.
However, as people have rightly pointed out, logging into a website is a PITA and people tend to lose interest fast. Having once been a proponent of forums, I now think email groups are easy enough and if you use something like gmail, it will thread your conversations quite nicely and you can actively "ignore" any discussion you don't want to hear about. For those of you out there you cannot comprehend this "gmail" thing, I suggest Exchange 2007 - it threads in much the same way. -Gus On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 11:05 AM, Christopher Mc Donnell < wommamuku...@bigpond.com> wrote: > I noticed in the press the other day that Internode got praise for the > quality of it's ISP sevice ahead of all the rest. > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Catherine Conway" <con...@agile.com.au > > > To: "Discussion of issues relating to Soaring in Australia." < > aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net> > Sent: Wednesday, November 25, 2009 10:18 AM > > Subject: Re: [Aus-soaring] forum format > > > You may also not be aware that Simon/Internode provides this for free >> as a service to the gliding community. One of many services provided by >> Internode. Have a look at the sponsorship for Joeyglide and the Multiclass >> Nationals. >> >> I also dislike web forums - this is much quicker to check and I can do it >> from my phone without having to use a web page. >> >> Be assured that the people who bring you this service are very smart folks >> - they have been first to market in the country with a number of >> technologies in this industry. the company is most definitely not stuck in >> the 20th century. >> >> >> -Cath >> >> >> >> On 24/11/2009, at 10:35 PM, Bob Dircks wrote: >> >> Am I doing it wrong ? .......OR......... am I suggesting that the forum >>> finds a supplier of better format ? >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Aus-soaring mailing list >> Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net >> To check or change subscription details, visit: >> http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Aus-soaring mailing list > Aus-soaring@lists.internode.on.net > To check or change subscription details, visit: > http://lists.internode.on.net/mailman/listinfo/aus-soaring >
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