[Zope] Mailing list / News debate

[Gitte Wange]

On 22. oktober 2001 16:33, Chris Keyes [SMTP:chrisk@nipltd.com] wrote:
> In some cases it is good to be able to reply directly to an individual,
> especially if you are not 100% sure of what you are saying, posting into

I am a member of a LUG where the mailinglists also are availiable through 
NNTP. And that works just perfect :-)
I get the messages through the news server which means that my inbox 
doesn't get overloaded.
In my news agent I can reply directly to the one asking a question "off 
the list" so that doesn't change from what we have now.

> the full public glare of the list is not always what you want to do. I
> know how stupid I feel when I have posted something and then gone Doh!
> thats wrong :-)
>
> Its great to be part of such an active and enthusiastic community and I
> hope that it continues to evolve and expand. It would be great if
> productivity could be enhanced as well. Certainly following threads
> would be of use to me!
>
> ChrisK

I agree completely with you Chris. I don't think the possibility to have 
the mailinglist should be removed. But there should be an option for using 
a NNTP server.
Most of the time I only check my work account (where I recieve the Zope 
mail) when I'm at work. So guess what I am doing all monday :-)
If I could read the messages through news I could just delete the threads 
that I wouldn't be interested in. Much quicker.

Also the possibility of deleting messages before they actually are posted 
is a Good Thing.

Just my $0.02 ...

Gitte Wange