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From | "Steve Martin" <stephen.martin@york.ac.uk> |
To | <statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu> |
Subject | RE: st: RE: Correct Way to Respond to Posts when Email is Turned Off |
Date | Mon, 1 Aug 2011 13:35:18 +0100 |
Ditto for me too. Steve -----Original Message----- From: owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu [mailto:owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu] On Behalf Of Schaffer, Mark E Sent: 31 July 2011 16:12 To: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu Subject: RE: st: RE: Correct Way to Respond to Posts when Email is Turned Off -1 from me, too. Same reasons as Phil's #1 and #2. --Mark > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu > [mailto:owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu] On Behalf Of Phil Schumm > Sent: 29 July 2011 21:42 > To: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu > Subject: Re: st: RE: Correct Way to Respond to Posts when > Email is Turned Off > > On 7/29/2011 2:19 PM, Philip Jones wrote: > > Speaking of web forums, what is the reason that Statalist > hasn't migrated from its LISTSERV origins to a modern, > threaded, easy-to-track-what-you've-read web forum? I believe > there is a good reason that most discussion sites now use > something like UBB or the like. > > On Jul 29, 2011, at 1:49 PM, Marcello Pagano wrote: > > We almost did a few years ago, but it was a little > premature then and we would have lost a few folks with less > modern equipment. Maybe we should reconsider. Any negative > votes?? Don't give me the positives, I think I know them. > > > -1 from me (though I would love to see us move from Majordomo > to Mailman). My primary reasons for this are: > > 1) I realize that this is a personal decision, but I vastly > prefer to consume Statalist in my email client (for many reasons). > > 2) I think it would be a mistake to base Statalist solely on > a "pull" technology (i.e., requiring you to go to the web to > read it), and email is by far the "push" technology with > which most people are familiar. > > 3) Although some web-based discussion services will let you > send (and receive) email, they often clobber messages in the > process (e.g., hard-wrap, add formatting or other cruft, etc.). > > It's worth noting that even today, the standard for > open-source software collaboration (e.g., SourceForge, > GitHub, Bitbucket, etc.) is to use a standard mailing list > (in combination of course with a version control system, > bug/issue tracker, Wiki, etc.). > > I wouldn't be strongly opposed to moving to something that > provided a web-based interface (e.g., the non-Usenet variety > of Google Groups), as long as it provided all of the > functionality we have currently (i.e., ability to send and > receive email without munging the headers and/or body). > > > -- Phil > > > * > * For searches and help try: > * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search > * http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq > * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/ > -- Heriot-Watt University is a Scottish charity registered under charity number SC000278. * * For searches and help try: * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search * http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/ * * For searches and help try: * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search * http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/