[meteorite-list] What doesn't this list use an online forum format?

[ensoramanda]

Well said Geoff...I totally agree...hope you've recovered from the 
Tucson efforts...great show!

Best wishes,

Graham Ensor

Notkin wrote:

> Dear Listees:
>
> I find it bizarre and somewhat annoying that every so often someone 
> joins the M-List and then tries to change it. "Why isn't it this way 
> or that way?" you ask.
>
> The M-List, along with "Meteorite Times," are the cornerstones of the 
> international meteorite collecting community and the List works great 
> just the way it is. If you don't want to read the "as it happens" 
> news, subscribe to the daily digest. Very easy.
>
> The List has been around for 11 (?) years. I've been a member for more 
> than ten, and I also run a large international fossil discussion group 
> -- The Paleolist -- which employs exactly the same excellent Mailman 
> software which Art Jones uses to run the M-List. In fact, I modelled 
> the Paleolist after the M-List in some respects (thank you Art), 
> because it does work so very well.
>
> I've also been a web professional for more than ten years and in my 
> experience, forums are difficult and inefficient to use, have security 
> and reliability issues, and -- please! -- the suggestion about moving 
> to Yahoo Groups? That is the WORST available discussion format -- 
> loaded with cheap ads and with Yahoo's tacky, antiquated and 
> user-unfriendly features slapped on top.
>
> The M-List is the biggest and best meteorite discussion group out 
> there, and I'm quite sure it always will be. Love it or leave it  : )
>
>
> Respectfully,
>
> Geoff N.
> www.aerolite.org
> www.campometeorites.com
>
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