Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2016 09:45:59 +0100 From: Ralf Mardorf <silver.bullet@zoho.com> To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Replies to spam Message-ID: <20161129094559.275a3379@utnubu> In-Reply-To: <20161129061033.GA2007@c720-r292778-amd64> References: <20161124123456.056654ff@archlinux.localdomain> <20161124171051.GA32472@becker.bs.l> <CAOLAi32P9VifQJrKAtovEpxg-Vv_XZXqo=nYR37aYwy9=Wt1Xw@mail.gmail.com> <ff50c697-d4f8-45b9-b5ba-9a37af88b73a@unixarea.de> <3E.0D.19237.9CB8A385@dnvrco-omsmta01> <20161127085920.3dc07007@moonstudio> <CAHAXwYAJnKVRCi0%2Btf63g7sEKDVA%2BVKWTRVBe4H43YjjnZqcNQ@mail.gmail.com> <20161129061033.GA2007@c720-r292778-amd64>
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Hi, another thread that started at https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/2016-November/thread.= html#start . On Tue, 29 Nov 2016 07:10:33 +0100, Matthias Apitz wrote: >> > Forums do so as well, we are usually just not used to terminal >> > browsers. =20 > >Wrong. Forums do not do well, not in a fancy browser, not in lynx >(which I'm used to use for many things), because one must be online >all the time to read/sort/delete/answer messages. With the lists I'm >fetching them down in a few minutes, read, delete and answer(!) them >offline, and later I let do sendmail its job to send out my answers in >a few seconds when I go online again. Hi Matthias, as already pointed out, I prefer mailing lists over forums, too. Mailing lists fit better to my work-flow, that is different to yours, too. Anyway, the work-flow you're describing is very unusual nowadays. Warren's point is, that times are changing: https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/2016-November/274821.= html You might have noticed that people who are new to mailing lists tend to break threads, tend to improper quoting, btw. your quoting is broken, too. Not "David I Noel escribi=C3=B3", but I wrote that forums do so as wel= l. Subscribers run into issues with HTML. Several mail address providers cause issues when using a mailing list. Last but not least, the default mode for digest is "plain text" instead of "MIME". If it would be MIME, there wouldn't be issues with threads, subjects and completely quoted digests. Quasi all MUAs nowadays are able to handle MIME. For a lot of people forums are easier to use. Many people even don't know that if they are unable to handle a mailing lists, they could use features provided by the MUA they are using, at least to reply to the list, to unsubscribe and to show the archive. Regards, Ralf
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