The topic has been discussed to death with all possible pros and cons.
I've published my personal collection of pros and cons at
http://phdru.name/Software/mail-vs-web.html

   And my personal bottom line is: I still prefer mailing lists but I
know their advantages and disadvantages and I've invested a lot of
resources to learn and configure my tools.

Oleg.
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     Oleg Broytman            http://phdru.name/            phd@phdru.name
           Programmers don't die, they just GOSUB without RETURN.
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