[GZG] [OT-LST] Mail list vs. Forums: Google

2 posts ยท Jul 11 2006 to Jul 11 2006

From: Doug Evans <devans@n...>

Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2006 10:07:38 -0500

Subject: Re: [GZG] [OT-LST] Mail list vs. Forums: Google

Sorry, but begs the question: Do you post from digest and e-mails? I'm
just not familiar with Google Groups; once burned, don't you know.

I'm certainly willing to entertain the notion of better group hosters than
Yahoo. My biases go back to them buying, and to my tastes, ruining Geocities.

The_Beast

Roger wrote on 07/11/2006 09:26:05 AM:

> I get google groups as digests. I get google groups as
***snippage***

From: Roger Books <books@m...>

Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2006 11:47:52 -0400

Subject: Re: [GZG] [OT-LST] Mail list vs. Forums: Google

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Gzg-l mailing list
Gzg-l@lists.csua.berkeley.edu
http://lists.csua.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gzg-lYou can do both.
You can post via e-mail or on the group web-site.

We have a fairly high volume private group we switched from Yahoo
because the service was so poor.  I can't say g-g has been perfect,
early on there were several outages lasting 2-4 hours but we haven't
had any of those for awhile. There have also been complaints about posts
arriving out of order, but you get that everywhere.

The oddest thing I've seen is one person getting the message 20 minutes
after another.  Both were using g-mail!

Not trying to make g-g look bad, just trying to paint an accurate
picture. I consider these problems pretty minor. If I wanted instant
gratification I'd use a chat client.

Roger

> On 7/11/06, Doug Evans <devans@nebraska.edu> wrote: