RE: [kent-grads] www.kent.ac.uk/alumni/forums

[Miles Banbery <M.E.C.Banbery@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Title: RE: [kent-grads] www.kent.ac.uk/alumni/forums

> If you can set up an e-mail or news interface to the forums, or even an RSS feed, then that's a different
> matter - but my preference is that once I've been through any subscription process, messages come to me, I
> don't go to look for them.

As far as I'm aware, email digests and notifications of new postings are available once signed in.

Best wishes

Miles
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-----Original Message-----
From: owner-kent-grads@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-kent-grads@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Brian Meadows
Sent: 21 December 2005 08:47
To: kent-grads@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [kent-grads] www.kent.ac.uk/alumni/forums

On Tue, 20 Dec 2005 19:08:55 +0000, Killara wrote:

>
>It's always lovely to see a flurry of activity on kent-grads - it's all too rare as far as I'm concerned.  The flurry and discussion about purpose of the list led us to think it timely to announce that kent alumni forums are now being piloted. 

>he forum is for EVERYONE - not just those who prefer not to get spontaneous emails.

How about those who *do* prefer e-mails?

>
>The Alumni forum in not yet finished - and indeed it will always be developing - but we would hugely welcome your input into how you'd like it to develop - what further discussion groups we should have, which ones you think you'd like to be part of, how often we should change things - whatever - it's for you!

>

Well, mine may not be the sort of opinion you're hoping for - but as far as I'm concerned, the idea of logging on to a WWW site just to see whether there have been any new posts is a non-starter.

If you can set up an e-mail or news interface to the forums, or even an RSS feed, then that's a different matter - but my preference is that once I've been through any subscription process, messages come to me, I don't go to look for them.

So, how I'd like the forums to develop, in order of preference :-

1) Set up an NNTP or e-mail interface(*)
2) Set up an RSS feed
3) Abandon the idea, and stick with a mailing list

(*) Yes, it can be done. Examples of sites doing this on request.
I don't know what software they're using to run the forum interface, though.

>
>And MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR AND HAPPY HOLIDAY SEASON!!
>

I'll agree with that last sentence!

Brian.

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