Re: User related mailing list

Mike Scott wrote:
> On 25/08/11 17:33, Mathias Bauer wrote:
>> Am 24.08.2011 22:47, schrieb NoOp:
>>
>>> Hmmm... OK. It was 'tongue-in-cheek' Drew. I'll not even comment on the
>>> Sun->Oracle lists transition :-) But I will add this; if OOoA goes to
>>> forums only, then I'll not be participating.
>>
>> I think we all should try to become more open for new development. It is
>> clear that mailing lists are easier to handle for the "regulars", the
>> most active participants. But OTOH a huge number of users looking for
>> help (if not the vast majority) aren't experienced mail users.
>>
>> The results are known:
>>
>> - posts without subjects
>> - destroyed threads
>> - frequent mails with "why do I get all these mails, please help me out
>> of here" (and that's just the polite version ;-))
>> - quoting disasters
>>
>> etc.
>
> Like our present "descadastra-me" friend? :-) I take your point. But I
> have a suspicion his type will appear even on a forum, albeit in a
> different guise.

Saw this on a forum a little while back.  The user had posted a question 
and I guess had go an answer.  Well time passed and all of a sudden they 
get an email about a reply to their thread.  They can back wanting to 
know why they were receiving the emails.

> But if anyone wants to think 'new development', there's no reason one
> shouldn't have the best of both worlds. Properly designed, you should
> have a back-end with all the info, and then web forum, mail list and
> newsgroup are purely different interfaces to the exact same database.
> I've no idea if such a thing has been written, but it would surely keep
> everyone happy.

It would be great, but there would still be some one to complain that it 
was not the way they wanted it. :(

Andy
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