[Elecraft] Make this email list more manageable - a forum instead?

[rich hurd WC3T]

Therein lies the age old conundrum.  Do you use a "pull" mechanism (a
forum) requiring a subscriber to go get the information from the site, or a
"push" mechanism where the data shows up in the inbox?

I've been both a forum admin (even a sysop at CompuServe) and an email
admin, so I've dealt with both.

If someone joins a forum but most of their traffic comes to their inbox,
the forum activity will be muted in the continuing flood of emails. I've
done this myself when I lose interest in something I subscribe to; change
to "forum only" so I have to go to the forum (and of course never do).

This is a big change to those accustomed to getting inbox traffic. I
guarantee there will be either a falloff or a shift in the dynamic of the
community.

On Sat, Aug 19, 2017 at 08:12 Barry <w2up at comcast.net> wrote:

> As Elecraft has grown, this email list has gotten quite a bit more traffic.
> It's not easy to manage, especially with the increasing number of products
> all lumped in.
>
> Why not convert it over to a forum?  Use vBulletin or similar, and every
> product can have its own subcategory, and it would be much easier to pick
> and choose topics of interest.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Barry W2UP
>
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