Re: ADMINISTRIVIA: Final transition of Oracle-L mailing list

From: Nigel Thomas <nigel.cl.thomas_at_googlemail.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2014 15:35:21 +0000
Message-ID: <CAGRZYUfyXOaaHAf2L3Y8FZLkFONrbWdHj-TNJngoDxfTUsESoQ_at_mail.gmail.com>



+1 (or more if possible) to what Rich said.

Of course there's nothing to stop you viewing/searching the archives via http://www.freelists.org/archive/oracle-l

And while I'm here - thanks again to all the Oracle-L admins since what was clearly the dawn of time...

Regards Nigel

On 5 March 2014 15:22, Rich Jesse <rjoralist3_at_society.servebeer.com> wrote:

> Fred writes:
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> > My career has significantly benefited from this list. I thank Steve and &
> > his successor for carrying on the mission. I would like to ask, though,
> why
> > not convert it to a forum vs. an email list. It is modern, more
> efficient,
> > and offers much more functionality.
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> I prefer email lists *MUCH* more. Every forum requires a separate login,
> each with their own username/password/hint rules. Some aren't
> mobile-friendly, either. This isn't very efficient (well, for me at
> least).
> Email OTOH is a very handy consolidation of forums, yet still offers
> threading and other management. I also prefer the "push" delivery of email
> versus the requirement to "pull" from forums.
>
> I'm on one forum that happens to duplicate to email. Best of both worlds
> perhaps, but there's an expense involved in the maintenance and hosting.
>
> Part of my $.02 anyway... :)
>
> Rich
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