 | | | Re: email messages | Re: email messages 2003-11-19 - By Frank Patnaude
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> I think this is the big sticking point for many people. But I
> don't understand why people are so opposed to this.
> Web boards display and archive all the messages for you so you
> never have to fill up your local mailbox.
They never fill up my local mailbox. I save the messages that are
useful and delete all the messages that are not. The useful messages
get filed into a folder so that I can find them at a later date. I can
still search them at will. They are also a permanent part of my
collection and knowlege base, so I don't have to worry about my
connection being up or if the web site is having problems or is slow.
They are always there when I need them.
> If you're not downloading emails, you don't download viruses.
These are text messages, there is no viruses with them.
> web boards display the messages in a quick, at-a-glance format that
> allows you to ignore the threads you don't care about.
I just delete the messages I don't want.
> Not to mention the convenience of having URLs immediately accessible,
> and images and multimedia viewable.
I have no problem with yahoo showing me the URLs in a clickable format
and showing me images and multimedia. Yes, even those geocities links.
> > Aside from the convenience of being able to read the messages
> inside an email app (if you can even really call that a
"convenience")
> what are the advantages of an email list?
This is a HUGE convenience. I already have to go and check my mail, it
makes my life much easier to not have to click mutliple web boards to
find the information I want and then end up missing the threads that I
do care about because it was started in the web board that I rarely
look at.
Convenience, organization and control, those are the reasons I choose
an email list over the web boards.
Frank
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