[TowerTalk] time to modernize the reflector

[George Skoubis]

I belong to three lists on groups.io   

I get the messages via email client but like the ability to log in via a web browser to search the list. 

Keeping list appropriate files handy is another feature I appreciate. 

George / W7GES

Sent from my iPad

> On Aug 24, 2019, at 6:36 PM, Martin Sole <hs0zed at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Well here's another vote for groups.io.
> 
> As some have said it works just like any other email list reflector, for me that is through my Thunderbird email client which is running continuously, handles 5 or six email addresses constantly, and has probably 60-70 filters to sort incoming mail. Groups.io is set up to send me each and every email. Works like a charm and I don't ever have to deal with a kludgy web interface.
> 
> That said I do agree that the replies without quoting the OP or other replies are frustrating. Maybe there's an option for that. The click-drag highlighting seems a work around at best. And I presume it must be in the groups.io side since my email replies automatically include the previous post.
> 
> Now off to fiddle with groups.io web site to see what is there.
> 
> Martin, HS0ZED
> 
> 
>> On 25/08/2019 07:44, Matthew Kaufman wrote:
>> No. Groups.io works just fine as an email reflector only.
>> 
>>> On Sat, Aug 24, 2019 at 4:34 PM Bryan Fields <Bryan at bryanfields.net> wrote:
>>> 
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>>>> On 8/24/19 6:25 PM, GaryK9GS wrote:
>>>> My big gripe with groups.io is that it does not quote the message being
>>>> replied to  when using the web interface.   There is a way to do it but
>>> it is
>>>> not the default and it is not easy to find. What ends up happening is
>>> there is
>>>> no context for the reply.73,Gary K9GS
>>> You're asking to transform an email list into a forum.  This dramatically
>>> changes the content and discourse, effecting the S/N ratio.
>>> 
>>> Email is great as it allows well thought out and reasoned messages on a
>>> subject.  I can reply when I want and it's direct.  A forum is subject to
>>> censorship and pettiness which is all to common in amateur radio today. My
>>> words can be changed and edited by anyone with database access.  Sure an
>>> admin
>>> could mess with the archives on a list, but there's thousands of
>>> independent
>>> messages already out there.
>>> 
>>> People will say it's "easier" to use a forum.  These same people will take
>>> no
>>> time to learn how to use email effectively.  Email requires strong written
>>> communications skills, and coalescing thoughts into an overall logical
>>> construction.  This makes it much easier for people to read and respond to
>>> emails on a list.  It's the bulwark of the S/N ratio.
>>> 
>>> - --
>>> Bryan Fields
>>> 
>>> 727-409-1194 - Voice
>>> http://bryanfields.net
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