Forums vs. Listserves
J.E. Shields (Thu, 14 Feb 2008 13:24:15 PST)
Hi all,
I have to agree completely with Boyce. I find that I simply don't bother
to look into web forums, ever. I guess I'm more of an e-mail person, where
the information comes to me, than a web person, where I have to go dig
around for it.
The internet connections I use, cable modem and Earthlink dialup, allow you
to turn off their spam filters. I do that. I instead use Mailwasher to
pre-screen my e-mails before they are downloaded. You can delete the mail
you don't want to download using Mailwasher. You can customize Mailwasher
to filter out by domain or by individual e-mail address. It can be found at:
My advice: if your ISP is not giving you satisfactory service, shop around!
Jim Shields
At 03:10 PM 2/14/2008 -0600, Boyce wrote:
........
Unfortunately I've not experienced the same satisfaction with forums
that I've received from the PBS listserve. I think the problem revolved
around the fact I had to login to yet another application to see what
had been posted - over time it simply became too cumbersome (sad but
true).
.........
I suggest focusing on fixing the part that is broken.
Boyce Tankersley
Jim Shields USDA Zone 5 Shields Gardens, Ltd.
P.O. Box 92 WWW: http://www.shieldsgardens.com/
Westfield, Indiana 46074, USA
Tel. ++1-317-867-3344 or toll-free 1-866-449-3344 in USA