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Re: [ST] alternative format for Digest
- Subject: Re: [ST] alternative format for Digest
- From: Paul Fox <pgf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2001 20:23:58 -0500
> all the emails? I get 20-40/day and more one the weekends. I think it's a
> pain getting everyones email especially since I'm on a dial-up instead of
> broadband.
>
> I think a message board would be less cumbersome for the end-user, so their
> email isn't flooded daily. Instead they can search on a topic at their
> leisure.
many of us vastly prefer the mailbox delivery method for reading
discussions. but i understand the point of view of those that don't.
"traditionally", this kind of dual interface to a discussion would
be handled by a news-to-email gateway. i.e., the list would be gatewayed
to a usenet newsgroup, and vice-versa. you can receive it as mail, or
read it as a newsgroup -- all messages appear in both places. i don't
know enough about web-based message boards to know if such a duality
is possible with them. but since newsreaders are easy to come by,
it's conceivable that such a "newsgroup" could be set up on a private
server somehow. it wouldn't even have to be run by lilley's or eric --
it could be run by almost anyone, providing they had the moderator's
blessing.
otoh, if this is to satisfy just one person, i'm with howard -- keep it
the way it is.
paul
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paul fox, pgf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (arlington, ma, where it's 45.9 degrees)
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