Why not use forum

[arne anka]

On Fri, 13 Jun 2008 03:46:12 +0200, <wim.delvaux at adaptiveplanet.com> wrote:

> On Friday 13 June 2008 00:55:34 arne anka wrote:
>> > No, thanks. If I have to check a particular webpage, or even many of
>> > them,
>> > periodically to see if someone wrote something new, I'll give up  
>> quickly.
>>
>> well, i've seen a forum recently which propagates new entries through  
>> rss
>> feeds. thus, it works pretty much like a mailing list -- but. of course
>> you still have to log in to post a reply/new message ...
>
> Still this is not the same as you need to start an rss program to trace  
> the rss whereas my email is always open.

i use opera -- and opera's mailclient has a built-in rss reader.

>  Also i do not know if rss has thread
> processing ?

i don't think so, but considering how many mails are out-of-thread (i see  
a lot of them, when i switch to thread view), i am not sure whether it is  
a such a shortcoming.