Comments on: Why I Hate Mailing Lists http://danielmiessler.com/blog/why-i-hate-mailing-lists grep understanding Thu, 18 Mar 2010 04:37:26 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Neil http://danielmiessler.com/blog/why-i-hate-mailing-lists/comment-page-1#comment-242334 Neil Sat, 13 Jun 2009 12:16:46 +0000 http://dmiessler.com/archives/1258#comment-242334 <p>"A forum with an accompanying RSS/Atom feed"</p> “A forum with an accompanying RSS/Atom feed”

]]> By: E http://danielmiessler.com/blog/why-i-hate-mailing-lists/comment-page-1#comment-45524 E Thu, 05 Apr 2007 15:26:46 +0000 http://dmiessler.com/archives/1258#comment-45524 <p>Any decent mail filter (e.g., procmail) can handle this problem</p> Any decent mail filter (e.g., procmail) can handle this problem

]]> By: Tim http://danielmiessler.com/blog/why-i-hate-mailing-lists/comment-page-1#comment-45435 Tim Thu, 05 Apr 2007 13:41:12 +0000 http://dmiessler.com/archives/1258#comment-45435 <p>Yeah. A forum or nntp server works <em>so</em> much better than a mailing list.</p> Yeah. A forum or nntp server works so much better than a mailing list.

]]> By: Darren Chamberlain http://danielmiessler.com/blog/why-i-hate-mailing-lists/comment-page-1#comment-45416 Darren Chamberlain Thu, 05 Apr 2007 12:54:47 +0000 http://dmiessler.com/archives/1258#comment-45416 <p>I've found that most of the lists I'm on -- which are mostly deeply technical lists hosted by the w3.org, sourceforge, perl.org, python.org, and so on -- tend to not have this problem. I don't know what kinds of lists you're on, of course, but I think the symptoms you are describing are symptoms of amateurism (not on your part; I mean the people who are setting up the autoresponders), and not inherent in the medium. For many lists, something like Google/Yahoo groups are probably the most appropriate -- I think that those systems do a good job at filtering out this kind of thing, while mailman and majordomo don't even attempt it.</p> <p>@Marcin: I have never been able to get into web-based message boards and forums. The batch-based nature of the web simply doesn't translate well to an interactive conversation. I've yet to see a forums system that doesn't repeat all of the problems of usenet, without any of the solutions or optimizations that arose around usenet, like intelligent, protocol-specific clients and redistribution/local caching.</p> I’ve found that most of the lists I’m on — which are mostly deeply technical lists hosted by the w3.org, sourceforge, perl.org, python.org, and so on — tend to not have this problem. I don’t know what kinds of lists you’re on, of course, but I think the symptoms you are describing are symptoms of amateurism (not on your part; I mean the people who are setting up the autoresponders), and not inherent in the medium. For many lists, something like Google/Yahoo groups are probably the most appropriate — I think that those systems do a good job at filtering out this kind of thing, while mailman and majordomo don’t even attempt it.

@Marcin: I have never been able to get into web-based message boards and forums. The batch-based nature of the web simply doesn’t translate well to an interactive conversation. I’ve yet to see a forums system that doesn’t repeat all of the problems of usenet, without any of the solutions or optimizations that arose around usenet, like intelligent, protocol-specific clients and redistribution/local caching.

]]> By: Daniel Miessler http://danielmiessler.com/blog/why-i-hate-mailing-lists/comment-page-1#comment-45289 Daniel Miessler Thu, 05 Apr 2007 07:07:01 +0000 http://dmiessler.com/archives/1258#comment-45289 <p>Interesting, I'll check into it. Do they have a link to it on altavista.com? That's where I search for stuff. ;)</p> Interesting, I’ll check into it. Do they have a link to it on altavista.com? That’s where I search for stuff. ;)

]]> By: Marcin http://danielmiessler.com/blog/why-i-hate-mailing-lists/comment-page-1#comment-45288 Marcin Thu, 05 Apr 2007 06:47:05 +0000 http://dmiessler.com/archives/1258#comment-45288 <p>Yeah, it's already out. It's called a forum or message board ;)</p> Yeah, it’s already out. It’s called a forum or message board ;)

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