RE: Re: AltaVista Forum

[Crispin, Hiroko M. (hmcr)]

I am one of the subscribers to this-mail forum. I have decided to put 
my
two cents in support of E-mail forum.

I may be the minority, but I actually prefer E-mail forum although I 
do
get several pages of E-mail every morning with or without DM mails. 

I can process the mails from DM as I process other mails. I can put
those mails I do not want to read immediately in a folder and read 
them
later, and keep those information which are of interest to where I can
readily access. I do not need to remember to go to another web site. 

I do not think volume is the problem, especially after the 
introduction
tapers off. 

Thanks.

> ----------
> From:         Dorothy Firsching[SMTP:firschng@cais.com]
> Sent:         Monday, August 11, 1997 7:17 AM
> To:   datamine-l@nautilus-sys.com
> Subject:      DM: Re: AltaVista Forum
> 
> I would like to continue this discussion offline of the list, so
> please
> mail me personally:  nautilus-info@nautilus-systems.com.  Could you (or
> anyone
> else on the list) point me towards any ISPs or private firms hosting
> AltaVista Forum, or otherwise having experience hosting it?  Thanks!
> /Dorothy
> 
> At 10:07 AM 8/11/97 +0200, Harm Smit wrote:
> >I don't know exactly what happened to AltaVista ForumForum, but I
> assume it
> >was more a promotion vehicle for the AltaVista product line than
> anything
> >else. The AltaVista Forum product is still there and I think this
> type of
> >product is well adapted to our data mining discussion group: it
> allows
> >public and private threaded discussion groups, document sharing,
> opinion
> >polling and more, all through a standard Web browser at the client
> side.
> >Thus people will be able to only consult information they are
> interested in
> >and follow related discussion items much more easily. Privacy can 
>be
> >protected. Of course, AltaVista Forum is not the only product of 
>its
> kind,
> >but it is known to be low-cost, easy to install (on top of any
> existing Web
> >server) and easy to use.
> >
> >Harm Smit.
> Dorothy Firsching
> CEO
> Nautilus Systems, Inc.
> 3867 Alder Woods Court
> Fairfax, VA  22033
> http://www.nautilus-systems.com/
> nautilus-info@nautilus-systems.com
> 
> 
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