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• Posted by jxliv7 at hotmail.com Jun 25, 2002
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Hello, all...

yes, i've been lurking for a couple months, playing with Euphoria (thanks, 
Rob!) and absorbing what i can...

however, i am getting upset about topica. there is an obvious breakdown in 
dispatches, because i am getting a fraction of the posts on the mailing 
list. but i subscribed to get messages, not miss them.

it is a veritalbe pain in the ass to read the posts via topica.com because 
you've either got to read them all -- click, previous, click, previous, etc. 
-- or you've got to read the headers and gamble if THAT message is one you 
want to read. that's why i subscibed to the digests, i should get 
everything.

there may be a solution or two on the Web. NOTE: i haven't fully 
investigated these options, but i'm working on it...

one, the Euforum could create a community in MSN or Yahoo! or somewhere 
else. pros are that communities can be tailored to large groups, but the 
cons include clunky message interfaces and attachment limits.

two, it might be possible to create a 'community' with an instant messanger 
service like MSN or Yahoo! or ICQ or AIM, etc. this might allow for everyone 
to get messages, but it could also let individuals communicate if they need 
to. IMs, however, are getting insecure.

three, it might be possible to head into the IRC channels. while some people 
would be put off by it (something new, etc.) it would be almost the same as 
doing something with IM.

four, Web sites are cheap these days. it might be possible for somebody to 
put together a mailing list repository using open source apps. it could even 
be a site alongside their own. after all, sending a message to 
EUForum at Ephoria.goatmilk.com isn't much different that what we have now.

i've got a web site with server side CGI and Perl and PHP sitting mostly 
empty with lots of bandwidth. maybe i should see what i can do...

what would really set it off would be a Euphoria mail server, but getting 
something up and running would be more important to me.

five, find another free mailing list server that has a better reputation, 
does a better job, and doesn't lose messages like topica. yea.

and yes, i know a mailing list thread was discussed a month or so ago. but 
topica isn't getting any better.

any questions, responses, etc...?


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jon