On Fri, Apr 30, 2004 16:16:08 PM -0400, Joe(theWordy)Philbrook (jtwdyp@xxxxxxxx) wrote: > It would appear that on Apr 30, Mikha ben Avraham did say: > > > Personally, I prefer forums to mailing lists. Forums give the ability to > > separate different categories of problems and discussion. > > > > The major advantage I see for a forum compared to a mailing list is that > > a forum is more of a "browsing" medium, and mailing list just stuff > > everything down your throat. [SNIP] > > I'm betting your not using a threaded mail reader... Or you haven't > configured your mail reader to use it <grin> When I first joined this > list I wasn't using pines threaded format And I could see what you mean > by "stuffing everything down your throat" Now I separate my lists with > filters, and use threading... much better. Exactly. A properly configured mail (or news) reader makes using many forums much faster. Ciao, Marco Fioretti -- Marco Fioretti m.fioretti, at the server inwind.it Red Hat for low memory http://www.rule-project.org/en/ Don't you wish you had more energy... or less ambition?
