15 Jan
2003
15 Jan
'03
2:15 p.m.
On Wed, 15 Jan 2003, Jeffrey Sharp wrote:
Right away, I see several benefits:
- Members can participate from any computer with a web browser. Even lynx.
And
right now members can use any eMail client, even elm or
mutt... They're just as common, right?
- Anonymity and privacy can be more well-respected.
The 'sender' of a
post is your username, not your email address. A system can be
It surely
can't be hard to have the mailing list archival software munge
eMail addresses... It seems to be doing it now okay. Where's the problem?
- There's no worry about HTML, attachments,
wierd character sets, spam,
virii, or cctech moderation delay.
You can't attach eMails to the list can
you? (How do you attach a worm
therefore?). As for HTML and character sets, its a small inconvenience
honestly - not that many posters use it, after all.
- Your inbox receives less clutter. You spend less
bandwidth on mail.
Instead you spend it on all the extra HTML markup on web page
posts?
- It scales well as more members join and start
posting.
With a fine MTA (qmail anyone?) you can do alright, but I agree, a slick
mod_perl style web interface probably scales "better".
However, as my friend always used to say, when we are so logged with
traffic that we have scaling issues - well that will be a good day indeed
to know we are that popular, and dealing with it will be a joy.
(He was a Buddhist, what can I say)
- Features you want can be added in code, quickly.
The current setup is
great for turn-key mailing lists and such, but it is tough to extend.
What kind
of extra features?
This is just my two cents; I would rather not move to such a style of
list. I think classiccmp is wonderful the way it is.
Feel free to pick bones out of my retort.
JP