[BNM] I'm new here and curious why BNM isn't a forum

[Dan Griffiths]

I am able to use both a mail client and manage my email cheers :)

I use rules on my mail but just don't like this format - my own  
personal opinion (yep each to their own) and a barrier to being  
involved for me.

On 26 Feb 2009, at 11:38, David Pashley wrote:

> On Feb 26, 2009 at 11:30, Miles Sabin praised the llamas by saying:
>> On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 11:27 AM, David Pashley <david at davidpashley.com 
>> > wrote:
>>> On Feb 26, 2009 at 11:22, Dan Griffiths praised the llamas by  
>>> saying:
>>>> To be honest one of the reasons I am not active is because mailing
>>>> lists have no threading - no way of checking read posts etc
>>>> quickly....too time consuming.
>>>
>>> I'm sorry, are you sure you mean mailing lists? Mailing lists have
>>> exactly those features, which 99% of forums don't.
>>
>> No, I'm sure he meant exactly what he said.
>
> Yeah, I was too. The "I get too much email" gave it away. I was just
> surprised that someone would claim that mailing lists didn't do those
> things, when forums didn't and they were just not using their mail
> client correctly or were using a bad client.
>>
>> I think people's opinions of the relative merits of mailing lists vs.
>> forums is highly dependent on what mail client they use.
>>
> Definitely.
>
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