At 09:23 AM 3/9/99 +1000, Paul Wayper wrote: >>IMHO there >> should be provision for inserting some sort of separate "new mail" flag. - ed > >Not that I want to argue with you, but surely that's not the point of the >web interface? I don't take it as argumentative... But help me understand: What *is* the point of the web interface, if not to allow surfers to conveniently keep up with the conversation of the list? >The question I have for you is why aren't you using the same sort of feature >provided by your mail client? I don't quite understand what you mean... I *do* read the list in email, but, as owner, I'm encouraging subscribers to use either the web interface or email, as is convenient. Are you saying that I should rather encourage subscribers to participate *only* by email? >The web interface, AFAICS, isn't meant as a >replacement for mail - after all, there are other 'web-based' discussion >group solutions out there... Um, I thought LISTSERV was meant to be one those. It seems to me that in the internet's current web environment a discussion list would be most effective if the web interface /mailing list modes were as much as possible interchangeable. Am I laboring under a misapprehension? - ed