[QCLUG] forum? and mediacom speed tests

[Chris Cooper]

I personally love the mailing list.  It is the main reason I have
become so active.  I have gmail filters setup for the LUG to throw it
in its own folder, so it stays separate, and the gmail threading makes
it a breeze to follow.  I already have my email open, so I can stay
current without needing to keep constantly revisiting a forum page.
To be honest, I wish I could move more of my forum-based activities
over to email.

On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 8:40 PM, Dave Bergert <dbergert@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> You can setup digest options (1 email per day vs. 1 per message) from
> mailman:  http://www.qclug.org/mailman/listinfo/qclug if you feel like you
> are getting to many messages.
> That said i like google groups (RSS feeds, files section, pages, etc), but
> don't really see a reason to change or move to "forums".
> DB
>
> On Jan 25, 2009, at 8:27 PM, Mark Riedesel wrote:
>
> All very valid statements. Personally I typically don't mind the traffic
> usually, my mail is set up to automatically sort qclug posts. I'd prefer to
> keep the regular mailing list, the archives are always useful and accessible
> as well. It's just every year or so someone complains about the traffic (so,
> unsubscribe and check the archives when you feel like it!)
>
> mark
>
>
>
> On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 8:18 PM, Roadkill the Avatar of Misfortune
> <roadkill-ml@darktraveler.com> wrote:
>>
>> Personally, I feel that the mailing list is one of the best ways to keep
>> in
>> touch for a group like this...  As far as I am aware, most LUGs use them,
>> as
>> well as most OSS groups as well.  Forums can be a nightmare to administer
>> and
>> moderate.
>>
>> I like getting every email, I know I do not respond often, as I'm kept
>> pretty
>> busy these days, but I do read them when time permits.  Time being a major
>> factor, I don't want to dig through web pages to see what the group is up
>> to..
>>
>> All servers have to go down occasionally, and with a forum, noone can read
>> anything, at least with the mailing list, you have those emails, and can
>> read
>> them... in case your working off an answer or some such... (obviously
>> assuming you are using a local email client) and you can even send new
>> questions out, your smtp relay should cache the email and send it to the
>> server once it's back up (normally this should be at least 4 days, and I
>> don't think I've had the qclug down anywhere near that amount of time
>> since I
>> moved it from solo...even there I can't recall a downtime of the LUG
>> server
>> of that peroid..)
>>
>> :}
>>
>> just my $0.02
>> rk
>>
>
>
> Dave Bergert
> dbergert@gmail.com
>
>
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