For those who would rather use the Forum format http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=95 is the soaring section of RC Groups. It has good membership and great discussions just like here. I would rather go to the forum as I can scan the topics I want to read faster than I can delete emails. I am also there just as much to get the Slope and DS content. Mike
----- Original Message ----- From: "Marty Timm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "RC Soaring Exchange" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, July 15, 2004 9:03 AM 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.
