The Logic Off Topic list

----- Original Message -----
From: Joeri Vankeirsbilck <joeri@...>
To: <logic-users@onelist.com>; Logic OT <logic-ot@onelist.com>
Sent: Saturday, February 19, 2000 2:11 AM
Subject: [L-OT] Re: [LUG] LUG should be a NEWSGROUP


> From: Joeri Vankeirsbilck <joeri@...>
>
> Hi,
>
> > First of all - it is not allowed to talk about how the list should be
runned
> > on the list...
>
> Wow, this sounds... dangerous. :-)
> You're free to talk about it, but apparently I have been misunderstood
last time
> I gave my opinion: we've been looking into all possible solutions several
times
> and everything that a newgroup can do, can be done by a good email client
as
> well (except for one thing: you have to download all emails while in a
newsgroup
> that's not necessary). The email system offers many advantages over
newsgroups
> though!!!

But you can filter on 'Subjects' in an email client just like with a news
reader can't you? I don't see the difference here. The only disadvantage
with newsgroups is that not every provider gives you access to all
newsgroups. And that's not so with email.
Btw, this Onelist mailinglist can be used as a newsgroup; if log on on the
web, you can read a selection of messages just like with newsgroups.

> What I meant is this: it's ok to give your opinion about it, but it's
useless to
> have huge threads about it because it's not going to change anyway. If
> newsgroups got better functionality to protect the subscribers from
spamming
> etc, then we could consider it, but right now email clients still offer
more
> functionality.

We've already got a kind of newsgroup! We've got the best of both worlds.
It's just that people need to know the possibilities with this mailinglist
at Onelist. Plus, we've got possibilities to search for messages, try that
with a newsreader. We've even got chatrooms, announcement possibilities,
possibilities to how you want to read your mail, possibilities to post
important URLs and storage space. Do you have that with newsgroups?

> So please no big threads about it... but I'm always interested in opinions
so
> feel free to email me privately about it (for example, when new
technologies
> become available, I'd love to be informed about them so we can keep an eye
on
> all possible alternatives)

Hey, this list(the OT one) is pretty silent. So maybe we can get some of the
noise from the LUG over here. Makes things a bit more manageble for those
reading the LUG.

> > There are currently over 2000 subscribers to the list.
>
> 2600 to be precise.

Yeah, and it will continue to grow.

> > Web based list are IMHO the worst.
> > Internetsurfing is not free everywhere in the world and things take time
> > with the speed that is currently available around the world.
>
> Correct.

Well, with web based lists you need to have the time to go on the web to
read them. For people who have a constant online connection it's no problem.
But for people who have to dail in it can become quite pricey.
Hope we can discuss this and about the 'Nude Platinum Chick' in here, :-),
Yoonchi.

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