> - Easier and faster to administer and moderate Whether or not the current setup is difficult and slow to administer is something only the current administrators are in a position to judge.
> - You can actually *edit* your posts to correct typos and mistakes (amazing!) Not compelling. For starters, I don't like history being modifiable. Secondly, most spelling errors aren't bad enough to negate an entire post, so editing them isn't a sufficiently strong argument for moving everything to another location. People can always send a follow-up email. > - Conversations are organized better My email client organizes conversations just how I like it. > - Nobody complaining about "top posting", trimming "cruft" and other such > nonsense I haven't noticed this on here... > - An easy to search and read public log of all conversations I can search my emails just fine. > - Emoticons > - Stars > - Badges > - Bells > - I hear they have whistles too Not compelling at all, Greg <g...@kinostudios.com> writes: > I've used both phpBB and simplemachines, and far prefer the latter for its > simpler configuration, administration, and what seem like superior > spam-fighting capabilities. > > The advantages are almost too numerous to list, and if people like getting > the message via email then the software can be configured to include it in > the notification emails that are sent out. > > Forums are simply superior to mailing lists in almost all respects (perhaps > all). > > - Easier and faster to administer and moderate > - We don't have to wait for emails to be approved and show up > - You can actually *edit* your posts to correct typos and mistakes (amazing!) > - Conversations are organized better > - Nobody complaining about "top posting", trimming "cruft" and other such > nonsense > - An easy to search and read public log of all conversations > - Emoticons > - Stars > - Badges > - Bells > - I hear they have whistles too > > Pretty please? > > Thoughts? > > -- > Please do not email me anything that you are not comfortable also sharing > with the NSA. > > _______________________________________________ > cryptography mailing list > cryptography@randombit.net > http://lists.randombit.net/mailman/listinfo/cryptography _______________________________________________ cryptography mailing list cryptography@randombit.net http://lists.randombit.net/mailman/listinfo/cryptography
