Forums vs. Listserves

Robt R Pries rpries@sbcglobal.net
Thu, 14 Feb 2008 13:36:07 PST
I tend to agree with Boyce and Jim. Unfortunately
providers often think they are doing you a favor by
blocking some messages. Often they do allow you to opt
out of their filters. I leave those filters turned off
and even though I get lots of unwanted mail my delete
key works well. Occassionally I open messages that are
ambiguous in their titles because I know not everyone
understands the value of a correct subject title. 

--- "J.E. Shields" <jshields@indy.net> wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> I have to agree completely with Boyce.  I find that
> I simply don't bother 
> to look into web forums, ever.  I guess I'm more of
> an e-mail person, where 
> the information comes to me, than a web person,
> where I have to go dig 
> around for it.
> 
> The internet connections I use, cable modem and
> Earthlink dialup, allow you 
> to turn off their spam filters.  I do that.  I
> instead use Mailwasher to 
> pre-screen my e-mails before they are downloaded. 
> You can delete the mail 
> you don't want to download using Mailwasher.  You
> can customize Mailwasher 
> to filter out by domain or by individual e-mail
> address.  It can be found at:
> 
> http://www.firetrust.com/
> 
> My advice:  if your ISP is not giving you
> satisfactory service, shop around!
> 
> Jim Shields
> 
> 
> At 03:10 PM 2/14/2008 -0600, Boyce wrote:
> >........
> >Unfortunately I've not experienced the same
> satisfaction with forums
> >that I've received from the PBS listserve. I think
> the problem revolved
> >around the fact I had to login to yet another
> application to see what
> >had been posted - over time it simply became too
> cumbersome (sad but
> >true).
> >.........
> >I suggest focusing on fixing the part that is
> broken.
> >
> >Boyce Tankersley
> 
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