- From: Nathan Youngman <junkmail@nathany.com>
- Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2007 21:54:29 -0700
- To: Michael A. Puls II <shadow2531@gmail.com>
- Cc: public-html@w3.org
Yes, this would be a handy option. Even with the mail being filtered to W3C, and then even with Apple Mail's threading... it still is daunting to even think of looking at 500+ emails per day. Something similar to forums allows a person to just look at the threads they want, without being overwhelmed by the rest. Most forums allow you to subscribe to a particular thread as well... though that may be a bit much to ask for a mailing list. Thanks, Nathan. On 3-Jul-07, at 9:35 PM, Michael A. Puls II wrote: > > On 7/1/07, Karl Dubost <karl@w3.org> wrote: >> I'm willing to ask the system team, but first I need to clarify the >> incentive to stay on the WG if not participating? People are not >> forced to be on the HTML WG to follow the discussions. > > I think the idea is to just turn off email notification, not > unsubscribe. > > With forums, you don't have to rely on email notification. You can > just check the thread in your browser and respond if want. Turning off > email notification doesn't require you to unsubscribe from the forum. > > With this group, you should be able to do the same thing. You should > be able to turn off email notification, check the archives in your > browser and respond when you want (plus fill out surveys etc. when you > want). > > The bonus of doing it this way is that you don't have to manage the > mail. You just rely on the archives. > > Now, one can argue that you should use an email client that can handle > the mail in a nice way and one can argue that just using the archive > is not a good way to participate. However, that's not for us to > decide. It's up to the individual. If one wants to rely on the > archive, we should just say "O.K." and provide the option *if > possible*. > > A "Turn off email notifications. I will rely on the archives." option, > would probably do it. > > Is that option hiding around somewhere? > > -- > Michael >
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