Hi Diane- On the SRGC forum, can one use a phone or tablet to post pics? Best regards, Lisa On Tue, Apr 19, 2022 at 12:05 PM Diane via pbs < pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> wrote: > > There are several ways of discussing plants on the internet. Some are > easier to use than others, but all have some disadvantages. > > The newest are on social media sites, like Facebook. I find these are > mainly collections of photos, which are good, except many of them are not > identified, and there is usually very little discussion. I want > information. > > PBS is currently using what is called a Listserv. Messages are sent to a > central location which then forwards them to all members. This requires > little work - messages arrive automatically in your computer’s mail > program. The difficulties are: sometimes the service provider refuses to > send the message on to members. This can be for several reasons - the > service provider decides that the message is unacceptable (perhaps the > plant being discussed is not included in the dictionary they use), or the > user has filled his mailbox beyond what he has paid for. Another problem > is the difficulty in sending photos. I experience this - my computer > automatically includes my photos within any message I send, and the PBS > List won’t accept those messages. > > The way I like to discuss plants and share photos online is on a web-based > Forum, as Uli mentioned. My favourite one is also that of the Scottish > Rock Garden Club. It is a bit more work as messages don’t automatically > arrive in my mail, so I have to remember to log on. Once online, I can > choose to read messages in various categories, like Flowers and Foliage > Now, Bulbs General, Pleione and Orchidaeae, Amaryllidaceae, Grow from > Seed, Travel and Places to Visit, etc. > I usually go straight to Recent Unread Topics. The Forum remembers what I > have already read, and I can skim down the list of new messages and choose > which I want to read. I can also easily go back to the beginning of a > discussion, perhaps begun several years ago, and then read all the relevant > messages. > > One needs to be a member to post messages, and it is very easy to post > photographs. One can even choose where one wants the photo placed within > the message. > > One does not need to be a member to read messages, though there is > sometimes a private area just for members. > > Take a look at the Scottish Forum to see what it looks like: > > https://srgc.org.uk/forum/index.php/… < > https://srgc.org.uk/forum/index.php/…> > > I look forward to PBS having a forum similar to that of the Scottish one. > > Diane > > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net > http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… > Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net> > _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net http://lists.pacificbulbsociety.net/cgi-bin/… Unsubscribe: <mailto:pbs-unsubscribe@lists.pacificbulbsociety.net>