=?iso-8859-1?Q?Re: Re: [GnomeMeeting-list] Do we close this mailing list??=

["Brian Johnson" <bjohnson jecinc on ca>]

On Fri, 07 Mar 2003 23:13:36 +0800 (SGT), you wrote:  
>On 07-Mar-2003 Marc Williams wrote: 
>> On Fri, 2003-03-07 at 08:18, Brian Johnson wrote: 
>>> I LOVE mailing lists and HATE web based forums ... why?  
>>>   
>>> 1. email comes to you .. you don't have to go get it  
>>> 2. you don't have to be connected to net to participate  
>>  
>> While I share some of your sentiments, just exactly how do you get your 
>> email if you're not connected?  Whatever it is, I'd like to do the same 
>> and get rid of my ISP altogether.  Might save some $$.  :-) 
> 
>I have enough things to do, that I can read my e-mail 
> 
>        -  without actually being online (by connecting, pulling my mail, 
>           and closing the connection) 
> 
>        -  without having to open a browser, that I wouldn't be opening 
>           anyways (possible exception being the occasional url reference 
>           to go follow). 
> 
>more over, I find that I can archive and search e-mail much better that 
most web 
>based forums. 
> 
>-Greg 
 
 
Exactly ... and don't forget PDAs 
 
With filters to sort email into folders and other email tools, it's there 
when you want it but you don't have to go get it (if you set up scheduled 
jobs/scripts). 
 
Some lists I subscribe to are web based forums too (eg I think sourceforge 
is this way) and others are tied to newsgroups .... maybe that would 
satisfy everyone