[Nottingham] Too much traffic

[Richard Nolan]

Steve Caddy said :
> No, they're not, because each message has to be emailed to each member
> on the list. If the number of users increases or the number of messages
> increases, the overall traffic on the lists server rises with a N^2
> complexity. A forum's traffic would be closer to linear.

What about large amounts of associated rubbish which is loaded via
forums? HTML formatting.. any images.. the cost of the server executing
loads of scripts.. user annoyance with graphical smilies.. :)

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