maybe they should keep the tomcat-user list and add a tomcat-luser list =D
geee.. tomcats' such a funny webserver it never falls over. ( lol ) no,
sorry phew.. what do they put in the water round hear =D
-----Original Message-----
From: Brian Murray [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, 18 May 2001 3:41 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: mailing list or news group??
My two cents...
News group, web board or mailing list, you still have to write, upload and
download messages in
some fashion. If it's for a popular topic there will be lots of traffic, no
matter how that
traffic is handled. For a number of reasons, I personally prefer mailing
lists to any of the
alternatives.
Participants have to supply a working e-mail address to receive messages
from a list server. That
inspires a bit more restraint than you see in news groups. Except for
moderated groups, any idiot
can spam a news group as much as they like with whatever they like. If
it's a moderated group it
may see less off-topic traffic than a mailing list, but it may also see less
tolerance, less truly
open discussion.
E-mail access is easier to come by than news group or web access. There are
still plenty of areas
around the globe in which web access is costly but e-mail access is free
thanks to things like
hobbyist network gateways.
E-mail is just plain easier to access then web sites or news groups. There
are more devices with
which you can accept e-mail than there are devices from which you browse
news groups or the web.
Plenty of companies allow their employees unfettered access to e-mail,
especially work related
e-mail, but it's a very common to restrict or prohibit web and news group
access in the workplace.
For flexibility in automation and content filtering, e-mail wins hands down.
How many news or web
servers allow users to influence filtering at the server? Compare your
POP3 and IMAP options to
your NNTP and HTTP options. E-mail requires less interaction with the
client software. Compare
the number of steps required to find and view all messages from a user named
'Joseph' with a
subject containing the string 'virtual' with an e-mail client to the number
of steps required to
do the same with a web browser and a web board.
Visually and mobility impaired individuals typically have a much easier time
with e-mail than with
news group or web use.
And if I wasn't dead tired I'm sure I could think of a few more...
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