Charlotte Foust
charlotte.foust at gmail.com
Thu Feb 21 12:15:34 CST 2013
Jim, This is true, but they require proportionately more administration than a list. Moving servers and dodging web bots and spammers takes constant attention. Even with the tools available, it still has to be watched. It can be self-policed by moderators, but when something gets sideways, it requires a lot more fixing. Charlotte On Thu, Feb 21, 2013 at 4:42 AM, Jim Dettman <jimdettman at verizon.net> wrote: > <<I hate forums. I want things that will come TO me in email rather than > my > having to remember to GO to the web to look at a forum.>> > > Every forum I belong to has e-mail notifications and you can choose to > have it e-mail you once a new post is seen and then not again, or for every > new post. > > You can also have it notify you if a new topic is posted either > immediately, or in digest format (hourly, daily, weekly). > > In both cases, enough of the post/topic text is included (if not all) so > that you can decide if you want to click on the link or not. > > Really, forums give you far more manageability then what we currently > have > with the list. > > Jim. > >