Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 10:35:32 06/26/99
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On June 26, 1999 at 13:17:22, Pete Galati wrote: >This works just fine, it doesn't need improving. > >Pete I disagree. The 'forum' is fine. The 'delivery' is pitiful. I'd _far_ prefer the typical newsgroup interface to this slow, clumsy, net-lag-sensitive approach. IE newsgroups feed my local machine all the time. And I can read them at my convenience with _zero_ delays of any kind. Plus I can search for old topics easily. None of that is possible here. So the 'place' is very good... but the netscape/IE4 front-end is woefully lacking compared to usenet news interfaces... > >On June 26, 1999 at 13:12:53, Bas Hamstra wrote: > >>Hello all, >> >>This forum seems to work ok, because there are many interesting posts, which is >>the most important. However the (web-only) interface is very clumsy. It could >>easily be improved. >> >>The most important suggestion is this: e-mail each message to the members. With >>a simple "in-box rule" we then can transport the messages to a map "CCC" on our >>computer at home. And voila, as good as a real newsgroup! >> >>Of course the current web-interface can be maintained, as archive, where you can >>check if a message is really posted. >> >>For a very good example of how this could work, take a look at www.egroups.com. >>This is a place where everyone can start his own mailinglist. It too has a web >>based interface, but the members of a group can choose for e-mailing the >>messages. Moderating is supported very well too. If the messages can be mailed >>to a moderator, they can as wel be sent to everyone, no? >> >>A second suggestion is the possibility to search for messages a la deja. >> >> >>Regards, >>Bas Hamstra.
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