Can sound be put in these messages?

[Joel S. Berson]

One of the earliest examples of mailing lists was the
(MIT/GE-originated) Multics system, where their application was called "forum".

Joel

At 5/8/2007 12:17 PM, you wrote:
>On Tue, May 08, 2007 at 12:14:46PM -0400, Jesse Sheidlower wrote:
> >
> > In online contexts _forum_ typically refers to a web site
> > where many people post messages that are arranged in various
> > categories, etc. ADS-L certainly is a forum in the broader
> > sense of 'a (notional) place where ideas may be openly
> > discussed'.
>
>...though I see I must acknowledge that OED's definition
>explicitly allows mailing lists to be regarded as forums.
>
>I thus hereby withdraw my original snarky comment. Apologies.
>
>Jesse Sheidlower
>OED
>
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