Re: [meteorite-list] What doesn't this list use an online forumformat?
Hi Geoff and List, I agree with Geoff whole heartedly!! Art's List is just fine the way it is. Even though the Delete key gets a work out from time to time, it is no worse for wear from the regular SPAM I have to delete. I choose not to use my Spam filters because occasionally an email I want gets sent to the AntiSpam folder. I don't want to have to search that folder and the In Box, the same way I prefer not to use Forums, too much looking around and then no time to accomplish anything! This whole discussion started from a FORUM and leaked over to Art's List, this is what I find annoying. Now we have even more emails to delete, although some interesting info (or thoughts) has/have been gleaned from it. I'd say, lets no longer discuss the discussion group on the List when it should go back to where it started, the Forum from where this discussion originated and should be discussed. Whew, say that ten times fast ;-) Geoff, "The Paleolist" sounds interesting, I will have to go check it out! Best regards, Greg Greg Hupe The Hupe Collection NaturesVault (eBay) [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.LunarRock.com IMCA 3163 Click here for my current eBay auctions: http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZnaturesvault - Original Message - From: "Notkin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Meteorite List" Sent: Friday, February 22, 2008 1:51 PM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] What doesn't this list use an online forumformat? Dear Listees: I find it bizarre and somewhat annoying that every so often someone joins the M-List and then tries to change it. "Why isn't it this way or that way?" you ask. The M-List, along with "Meteorite Times," are the cornerstones of the international meteorite collecting community and the List works great just the way it is. If you don't want to read the "as it happens" news, subscribe to the daily digest. Very easy. The List has been around for 11 (?) years. I've been a member for more than ten, and I also run a large international fossil discussion group -- The Paleolist -- which employs exactly the same excellent Mailman software which Art Jones uses to run the M-List. In fact, I modelled the Paleolist after the M-List in some respects (thank you Art), because it does work so very well. I've also been a web professional for more than ten years and in my experience, forums are difficult and inefficient to use, have security and reliability issues, and -- please! -- the suggestion about moving to Yahoo Groups? That is the WORST available discussion format -- loaded with cheap ads and with Yahoo's tacky, antiquated and user-unfriendly features slapped on top. The M-List is the biggest and best meteorite discussion group out there, and I'm quite sure it always will be. Love it or leave it : ) Respectfully, Geoff N. www.aerolite.org www.campometeorites.com __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] What doesn't this list use an online forumformat?
I can't say it better as Geoff did. A modernization doesn't mean automatically an improvement. The meteorite list is a time-honoured institution. We love the old-fashion style and why to change that, what has proven to be well-tried and to work? A forum offers a lot of more knickknack. It's more laboriously to use, unclear, the threads are more difficult to follow and it would cause much more work for poor Art. The conversation there would be less formal, hence a lot of not so interesting stuff to read ect. you had to fight through hundreds of pictures, which might not interest you Please don't repaint the Sistine Chapel! It won't be prettier afterwards. Best! Martin PS: For those, who suffer to find their other emails in their in the inbox between the list mails: Each mail programm offers the possibility to sort in automatically emails from one email-address in a separate folder. __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] What doesn't this list use an online forumformat?
Well put Geoff. Also, for those who may not know, this list has two archive formats. The newer is here: http://www.mail-archive.com/meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com/ But the one I've been using for years is here: http://six.pairlist.net/pipermail/meteorite-list/ Cheers, Jeff - Original Message - From: Notkin To: Meteorite List Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2008 5:51 AM Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] What doesn't this list use an online forumformat? Dear Listees: I find it bizarre and somewhat annoying that every so often someone joins the M-List and then tries to change it. "Why isn't it this way or that way?" you ask. The M-List, along with "Meteorite Times," are the cornerstones of the international meteorite collecting community and the List works great just the way it is. If you don't want to read the "as it happens" news, subscribe to the daily digest. Very easy. The List has been around for 11 (?) years. I've been a member for more than ten, and I also run a large international fossil discussion group -- The Paleolist -- which employs exactly the same excellent Mailman software which Art Jones uses to run the M-List. In fact, I modelled the Paleolist after the M-List in some respects (thank you Art), because it does work so very well. I've also been a web professional for more than ten years and in my experience, forums are difficult and inefficient to use, have security and reliability issues, and -- please! -- the suggestion about moving to Yahoo Groups? That is the WORST available discussion format -- loaded with cheap ads and with Yahoo's tacky, antiquated and user-unfriendly features slapped on top. The M-List is the biggest and best meteorite discussion group out there, and I'm quite sure it always will be. Love it or leave it : ) Respectfully, Geoff N. www.aerolite.org www.campometeorites.com __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ http://www.meteoritecentral.com Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
