On Fri, Sep 26, 2025 at 9:22 AM Ralph Seichter <[email protected]> wrote: > > [...] > People might consider me old-fashioned (and I am of an advanced age), > but my work is centered around the use of email as much as possible. It > is usually the most effective and convenient means of managing/tracking > communication. Importantly, email also is available to me offline once > received. Forums can't provide that. Mail is delivered to me (pushed), > while I need to actively pull information from forums. And while I am > aware of forum digests and feeds, they don't work well for me.
The web forum vs mailing list debate got so bad the IETF considered publishing a document to explain why mailing lists are superior to web forums. The thread started at "Fully functional email address" (June 2025), <https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/ietf/mLuQzc9aYPz0NpaExJMK0ZbiFow/>. The list was provided by Rich Kulawiec at <https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/ietf/q6A_anL1u-Y9iXe-vboiOYamsl0/>. Jeff _______________________________________________ nginx mailing list [email protected] https://mailman.nginx.org/mailman/listinfo/nginx
