[simpits-tech] Offtopic posts...

[Mike Williams]

Hi, James and all, I think forums or a newsgroup would be great, I think
some folks don't set up filters to file simpits messages to their own
folder, hence they have to wade thrue them a sort them from personal and
business email. That is probably why frustrations raise on the list when
traffic spikes, Gene had a forum up and running at one time, it might still
be on the website, the email doesn't bother me as I have filters to file the
tech and chat list separately, I would vote for a newsgroup over a forum for
the speed and I personally would rather use a good newsreader to read
messages versus a web browser,the browser seems so slow on forums, With
usenet, if Gene set the messages to never expire it would be a great archive
and searchable thrue a good newsreader, and there could be a picture group
too, for all to post to, that would alleviate having to log into the website
to look at new uploadsOn another note, as others have said, it is a
community as well as builders list, when participation spikes, we shouldn't
get to bent up about it.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: simpits-tech-admin@simpits.org
> [mailto:simpits-tech-admin@simpits.org]On Behalf Of James Hallows
> Sent: Wednesday, January 01, 2003 2:54 PM
> To: simpits-tech@simpits.org
> Subject: RE: [simpits-tech] Offtopic posts...
>
>
> At 09:54 01/01/03 -0500, you wrote:
> >I'm very usenet oriented and still think this list would have
> been great on
> >Gene's
> >newserver he had running, once folks got a newsreader up and running they
> >would have loved the threading, heck he could have even opened a
> group for
> >attachments.
> >Gene, if you want to get the server running again, I could get a
> tutorial up
> >for the folks who wanted to venture into it.
>
>
> Much as I like newsgroups, web based forums I think offer more features.
> Being able to be notified when someone posts in a thread you're
> interested
> in, being able to ignore OT threads, ease of use (everyone has a working
> browser), not having your e-mail filled with posts that aren't of
> interest
> to you, being able to embed images within your posts, being able to save
> the pages easily, etc. etc. I feel there's a whole host of reasons why
> perhaps a well structured group of forums would be beneficial. It's also
> easier then for new people to read, join and participate in.
>
> I've left the group before because of the volume of e-mail traffic it
> generated, and also for some reason some server somewhere has a hiccup
> resulting in the sending out of the same messages repeatedly sometimes,
> which was a real problem for me when I was on a modem on top of my
> Thrustmaster traffic. As I'm exploring panel electronics and programming,
> it would be nice to be able to browse a webforum containing the
> posts over
> the last year picking out the pertinent threads of interest to me. I
> couldn't imagine for example what the Cougar World forums would
> be like as
> a single e-mail based group. Granted - it obviously sees a lot more
> traffic, but the benefits of having that as forums are fairly evident.
> Given that there are many sites which offer to host forums for nominal
> charges, perhaps this might be something the group would benefit from.
>
> Just some New Year's thoughts ;)
>
> Have a great year all!
>
> James
>
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