----- Original Message ----- From: "David Karp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, July 16, 2004 15:02 Subject: [IMail Forum] The official word: This list is not going away.
> Dear IMail Forum Members: > > Here's the official word: This list is not going away. We have added > web-based forums because, as this community so vividly demonstrates, > different people have different preferences for how they do things. > > I encourage all of you to give the web-based forum a try, see what it looks > like, read or post a message or two, what's the harm? That said, you should > vote with your clicks and use the forum that best suits you. I all but abandoned web forums a number of years ago. When I can't go through my newsreader, I may sometimes post to Usenet groups via Google Groups, but other than that, I find them far too clunky. I suppose I shouldn't be so close-minded, but I'm still in awe of the thought of a company selling email software setting up a web forum, and one that cannot interface with the mailing list or at least import the archives. > > In fairness to the "mucky mucks" who worked hard to create and implement the > web-based forums, here are three cool features they have that this list > server lacks. Try them out! > > 1. Ability to subscribe to an individual topic, or topics, rather than the > whole list. > 2. More robust information about users, including user profiles and who's > online. > 3. Graphic emoticons :-o What am I, in kindergarten? Good grief. > > The suggestion to advertise the list server in the web forum (and > vice-versa) is a good one, and I will try to give both peer support forums > equal billing wherever possible. The problem that isn't being dealt with is that one or the other or possibly both are going to fail if there isn't a tie-in. > > While we're here, I want to remind everybody that the IMail_Forum archive at > http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ is *not* an > Ipswitch creation. It's a great resource, but we don't run it. > > In closing, on behalf of Jill, Tripp, and the whole IMail team, I want to > thank all the members of this list for their eagerness to help each other - > and Ipswitch - deal with so many technical and business issues. This list > is a tremendous resource for Ipswitch and our customers. And it's sad that Ipswitch has decided to sabotage it for emoticons. Style over substance. -- A. Clausen [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
