Oh, please don't.
A "push" technology, like E-Mail means that more of us will participate.
Web Based forums are a "pull" -- one has to be dedicated enough to go to
the forum. It slows the tempo and reduces participation.
It isn't a magic bullet. People still post in forum sections off topic.
Before I retired, I ran an ISP and did E-Mail professionally, including
mail filtering. The greatest tool I found is called PopFile.
PopFile can, with a minimal amount of work, split out mail by product
mentioned. You don't have to figure out what keywords to use, you just
have to move mail that is mis-classified to the right place. Takes a
couple of days worth of mail to train to 90% accuracy or so, and not
long after before it's near 99%.
73 -- Lynn
On 8/19/2017 5:12 AM, Barry wrote:
As Elecraft has grown, this email list has gotten quite a bit more traffic.
It's not easy to manage, especially with the increasing number of products
all lumped in.
Why not convert it over to a forum? Use vBulletin or similar, and every
product can have its own subcategory, and it would be much easier to pick
and choose topics of interest.
Thoughts?
Barry W2UP
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