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

[Erik Basilier]

I have my email client set up automatically to move *all* messages from this
list to one folder. Right now I have enough spare time to go to that folder
every day and read what interests me. I guess that is similar to reading the
digest. At times when I am very busy, I just don't look at the Elecraft
folder at all. My inbox doesn't show anything from this list. Sure, I might
miss an important piece of news about a new product, or an important new
feature, etc, but seriously, if I am really busy, I am better off not
knowing about those things. When I again have more time available, I can
easily go back to the Elecraft folder, and read it all, or just search for
interesting keywords. Faster and more convenient than using the archives.
The folder takes up a lot of disk space, but that is cheap nowadays. My
conclusion: The list is fine as it is.

73,
Erik K7TV

-----Original Message-----
From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net
[mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Barry
Sent: Saturday, August 19, 2017 8:51 AM
To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Make this email list more manageable - a forum
instead?

No, you wouldn't have to go to multiple places.  You click your Bookmark for
the Elecraft forum - one place.  If you like to see EVERYTHING that's new,
you click the New Posts button.  If you are only interested in the K3, you
click the K3 subforum that is a link on the main main of the Elecraft forum.

When you're done, you click Mark All Forums Read, and next time you log in,
you see what's new.  

Search is very easy and customizable - by subject, author, title, date
range, etc.  That alone would cut down on considerable traffic, as the same
questions wouldn't be repeated over and over.

It's very easy.  I read probably half a dozen forums (mostly non-ham) and
it's a part of my morning routine.  It's a lot less time consuming and
cumbersome than reading through emails, filters or not.

Of course, the final decision resides with the Elecraft powers-that-be.  It
surprises me that such a customer-friendly and state-of-the-art group hasn't
already taken this step.  Just food for thought...

Barry W2UP


Allan Zadiraka wrote
> Since I own a number of Elecraft products, I am very happy with the 
> current setup.  Separate forums would mean I would have to go to 
> multiple places to follow the different products.  The Elecraft 
> traffic is a minor part of my daily email load (~500/day) and I am 
> interested in seeing trends on other Elecraft products in case I want 
> to evaluate purchasing one.
> 
> zeke
> ab8ou







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