Personally I like the e-mail format. You can already view (and I believe post) to this list, in a forum like environment, form rcgroups.com. Personally I like having all of the e-mail, and it's more convenient than a forum.
The only things that I don't currently like about the list are the problems that face all of the users...mainly the viruses, and the occasional spam. The viruses are promptly deleted (either by myself or my Anti-virus) as is the spam...The spam doesn't really bother me since it only comes through about once a week...and it's generally only one e-mail. I wish they could do something about the viruses. Maybe update their list manager software to have a built in scanner or something, that removes infected messages. Anyways, just my $0.02. The main thing I like about this format is not having to wade through a forum to find new or interesting posts...they're waiting for me right when I open Outlook :) Call me lazy if you will... Jared -----Original Message----- From: Marty Timm [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 15, 2004 11:03 AM To: RC Soaring Exchange Subject: Re: [RCSE] Growing list. Inbox Filters > I now have 3 filters in place. Due to the limitations of the old software on > my old email computer I have no other choice but to delete emails from > "Orman", "mrmaseratiman" or "sneidley" directly from my ISP server. A better > computer would have more options but this one doesn't. Perhaps it is time to seriously reconsider the format of this list. Once before, I brought up the question of whether a "forum" format would not prove to be more useful, consume less bandwidth, and require less "inbox maintenance" on the part of the lists customers. Now, with spam-mail appearing to have become unstoppable, we need to start thinking outside the box. A forum format would defeat the e-mail spammers as nothing would get sent by e-mail. I belong to a variety of internet forums and I have not seen any virus-spam-mail in the forums that I belong to. Just to review the advantages of using a forum format: - consumes less bandwidth, only the messages that the customer wants to read are downloaded - organizes all replies to a topic into a single thread that can easily be read in part or its entirty without searching - requires less "inbox maintenance" on the part of the customer. Topics/replies that are of no interest to the reader would not even have to be downloaded. (thus eliminating the need to download all the "... so there, Gordy" replies) - potentially eliminates the incidence of virus-spam-mail - the ability to go back and edit posts that contained erroneous information - as opposed to e-mail, which, when sent, is unretrievable - an advantage for the list providers is the ability to sell advertising space on the forum's web-page. Don't have a cow on this one - there is nothing wrong with advertising. Advertising is how we find out about new products. I spend as much time reading ads in magazines as I do articles. Disadvantages of going to a forum format: - change - some people hate change Me? I embrace change as long as the benefits outweigh the costs. Right now, the costs of downloading all of the list's e-mails over 28.8k dial-up (upgrading is not possible), spending time searching through reply after reply after reply for topics of interest, spending time deleting e-mails in which I have no interest, etc., etc., etc., is outweighing the benefit I receive from the one or two threads per week that are of interest and use to me. I am seriously considering whether I intend to remain subscribed to this list. Don't get me wrong - I would really like to get those topics, I would just prefer to do so without wading through all of the other stuff. I expect to get my fair share of flames on this, but that is of no concern to me as I only expressing my opinion and have no intention of debating the subject. Just remember, getting the last word in doesn't necessarily mean you're right. Regards, Marty Timm RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off.
