What is the difference between a mailing list and a web forum?
A mail list sends you the posts that people have mailed. So you get it as soon (sort of) as people send the email. A web forum requires you to go out and get the messages that people send. Like a newsgroup. For something that isn't an unrestricted public forum a mail list works better, it is inherently access controlled although a web forum can have this as well. Mail lists are by subscription, you have to consent to getting the posts either straight up or in digest form. Web forums are not usually going to update the user, you have to go out and get the information. Both are useful, but for specific interest groups the mail list works better because you aren't forced into administering large volumes of messages. ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
