I'd vote to keep the listserver. Newsgroups require you to take time out to
go check for relevant messages (usually only when you have a problem).
Mailing lists are delivered to your front door, whether you have a problem
or not. I believe the later will result in speedy answers possible from
folks who might not necessarily have any imail problems at the moment.
-----Original Message-----
From: J Porter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Monday, October 25, 1999 11:21 PM
Subject: [IMail Forum] newsgroup versus mail list server
I'm of the opinion that this mail list server is a little out of control.
Now I like to keep up with problems and solutions as well as any good system
administrator, but my email volume has blossomed a bit since I subscribed to
this list. And, I have to admit, the folks which use the list are a pretty
well behaved group of folks and stick to subject 90+% of the time.
However... would a newsgroup serve the group better? Or maybe just a message
board?? Broken down into some general subjects, we might not have to wade
through quite so many email posts. Maybe there's room for both a newsgroup
and an email list server.
Of course, the list server belongs to Ipswitch and they might just prefer to
continue the way it is. However, it might even help them to assign
individual support people to certain subjects. It might help them to more
effectively help us.
I'm sure someone could scrounge up the necessary software and a little disk
space to host such a newsgroup. Maybe even me, although I might have to post
a few ads to help defray expenses.
Everyone knows what opinions are like so let's hear them. And maybe a
comment from Ipswitch??
Oh yeah.... if someone knows of a newsserver already running and serving
Ipswitch products, I apologize for this post, and please let me know where
it is.
Thanks...
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