On Mon 19 Jun 2017 07:35:43 AM CDT, Lew Wolfgang wrote:
On 06/19/2017 12:34 AM, Axel Braun wrote:
Although Email - like Newsgroups - may sound old fashioned, they still have advantages over forums - low bandwidth requirements, the option to download mails and work offline (yes, I'm travelling every now and then), to apply filters....just to mention some.
For me the big difference is push vs pull. Forums require effort on my part to search for and "pull" information into my work context. Email information is "pushed" to me from multiple accounts and is available for easy processing and archiving with the help of Thunderbird. I literally couldn't do my user support work if I was limited to forums. That being said, I also use forums for various kinds of off-line work. It's nice to have choice!
Regards, Lew
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