Return-Path: Sender: (Marvin Kaye) To: LML Date: Sun, 13 Oct 2002 22:41:06 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from imo-m02.mx.aol.com ([64.12.136.5] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.0b9) with ESMTP id 1804834 for lml@lancaironline.net; Sun, 13 Oct 2002 22:33:46 -0400 Received: from Epijk@aol.com by imo-m02.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v34.13.) id q.81.22f2a73b (17377) for ; Sun, 13 Oct 2002 22:33:44 -0400 (EDT) From: Epijk@aol.com X-Original-Message-ID: <81.22f2a73b.2adb8708@aol.com> X-Original-Date: Sun, 13 Oct 2002 22:33:44 EDT Subject: Re: [LML] List format X-Original-To: lml@lancaironline.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="part1_81.22f2a73b.2adb8708_boundary" X-Mailer: AOL 7.0 for Windows US sub 10637 --part1_81.22f2a73b.2adb8708_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 10/11/2002 10:00:09 AM Pacific Daylight Time, petervanarsdale@earthlink.net writes: > > Create a forum site that lists topics and creates a historical thread of > comments. > When a member creats a comment in the forum, it would generate an email to > all list members of the comment. > A link on the email would allow the email recipient to go to the comment > and participate in the discussion and also back up through the history if > so desired. > Most likely, all topics would have to originate at the forum. There are three big problems with that approach: 1. It creates more work for Marv, who has already provided an excellent (and simple) forum format; 2. It presumes that the "comment" would adequately summarize the content so that one could correctly make a judgement about interest; 3. It adds an unnecessary layer of cumbersomeness (is that a word?) to access those posts which, from the "abstract", seem to be of possible interest. For an example of such nonsense, I suggest that you go to the SAE site and, from the excerpted abstracts, select a few papers on a given subject, purchase them, and then, when they arrive, discover how few actually contain info you are seeking. Jack Kane --part1_81.22f2a73b.2adb8708_boundary Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 10/11/2002 10:00:09 AM Pacific Daylight Time, petervanarsdale@earthlink.net writes:


Create a forum site that lists topics and creates a historical thread of comments.
When a member creats a comment in the forum, it would generate an email to all list members of the comment.
A link on the email would allow the email recipient to go to the comment and participate in the discussion and also back up through the history if so desired.
Most likely, all topics would have to originate at the forum.


There are three big problems with that approach:
1. It creates more work for Marv, who has already provided an excellent (and simple) forum format;
2. It presumes that the "comment" would adequately summarize the content so that one could correctly make a judgement about interest;
3. It adds an unnecessary layer of cumbersomeness (is that a word?) to access those posts which, from the "abstract", seem to be of possible interest.

For an example of such nonsense, I suggest that you go to the SAE site and, from the excerpted abstracts, select a few papers on a given subject, purchase them, and then, when they arrive, discover how few actually contain info you are seeking.
Jack Kane
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