Date   : Mon, 04 Jul 2005 14:44:07 +0100 (BST)
From   : Brian Widdas <brian@...>
Subject: Re: FW: Mailbox overloaded - mailing list tools required?

On Mon, 4 Jul 2005, Tom Drage wrote:

> A forum would solve such limitations.

(What limitations? This message has no useful context.)

In any event, forums (fora?) take away the single best feature of the
mailing list - the fact that you have the choice over how and when the
contents of the list are presented to you. You can read it when it
arrives, save it in a folder for later, or delete a month's worth without
even reading it. You can read it on a PC, Unix box, handheld, or
(apparently) even a BBC Micro.

Given that there's no shortage of places to put files in order to make
them available to people for download, and I can't recall this list ever
having (or needing) a poll or chatroom (and the lack of context in the
original message), I'm struggling to imagine what "limitations" will be
addressed by a forum.

Brian
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