Re: [CH] List Future
=Mark (mstevens@exit109.com)
Tue, 17 Jun 2008 08:15:56 -0400
All the Google and Yahoo groups I subscribe to let you access them via plain
email. They look pretty much identical to this list (Except unlike this list
they don't lose or misdirect messages or require you to hit "Reply to All" in
order to reply). Nothing other than your regular email system is required.
On Mon, 16 Jun 2008 18:08:33 -0700, Brent Thompson wrote
> > I don't want to step on anyone's toes either but we need a better system.
>
> What exactly is wrong with the current system, besides some subscription
> confusion from time-to-time?
>
> This e-mail system is fast and comes via a method I already must consult
> constantly for work, all day long. No extra time required to see these
> chile-heads e-mails means I have the time to see them. And everyone
> else who reads e-mail is also getting these e-mails delivered right
> where they already are reading, too.
>
> I personally very much dislike groups, including Yahoo groups,
> because in contrast to our current method, they are slower to read,
> slower to delete, slower and more inconvenient to search, etc., and
> also require various extraordinary steps that are inconvenient for
> me, such as logging into and checking some website that otherwise
> has nothing to do with my life.
>
> I don't think of myself as a Luddite just because I don't like
> slower, more inconvenient ways of doing something that already works
> well.
>
> --- Brent
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=Mark
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