Re: Re: Does this list need to ban OT posts???

["christopher purves" <CHRIS_PURVES@xxxxxxx>]

Noooooooooooo don't get rid of the mailing list!!! Is there a half way
house. A mailing list with forum properties ? A forum that behavers like a
mailing list ?

(Just my opinion)

Chris

>From: Robert Welsh <bob-ukha@xxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
>Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Re: Does this list need to ban OT posts???
>Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2005 13:10:10 +0100
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>On 28 Jun 2005, at 12:27, Mark McCall wrote:
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> >> Of course, you can't create sub-lists...but you could create
a
> >> sub- forum
> >>
> > ;-)
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> > I can do that quickly and easily.  What do people think?
> >
> > We'd prob end up getting people posting here pointing to
questions
> > in the
> > forums though, and is anyone really likely to hang out in an OT
forum
> > answering questions.
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>Which is cool - cos then we're encouraging forum use which can only
>lead to increasing numbers of forum users and ultimately will allow
>moderators to make a decision about the use of the mailing list (a
>creaking artifact of 80's technology)
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>Nobody "hangs out" in forums (not unless they're
workshy-fops) - but
>if folk are interested in helping out folks with OT queries then I'm
>sure they'll peruse that sub-forum just as they do any other sub-forum.
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>If I were to put my cards on the table, I'd say make the mailing list
>announcement only - and everything else is on the forum.
>Announcements could be placed by moderators and would include forum
>highlights amongst all the more usual news and product announcements
>(they type of thing commonly posted by Mark).
>
>- Rob
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