[Mapserver-users] List as Forum??

[Eduardo Patto Kanegae]

of course a Forum has the advantage of not coming so much messages to my inbox. the bad side is that I don't know when a new message comes... I have to visit the forum and then see the new messages.
the very good side of a mail list is that I can query and read posts off-line.

regards,

Eduardo Patto Kanegae
http://www.consultoria.eti.br

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On Mon, 23 Feb 2004 12:27:05 -0500, "Liz Godwin" <godwinl at agr.gc.ca> escreveu:

> De: "Liz Godwin" <godwinl at agr.gc.ca>
> Data: Mon, 23 Feb 2004 12:27:05 -0500
> Para: <mapserver-users at lists.gis.umn.edu>
> Assunto: [Mapserver-users] List as Forum??
> 
> Hi List,
> 
> Last week was one of those weeks when I was really hunting for answers
> to various questions.  In doing so, I have come to appreciate forums
> compared to mailing lists for finding information, and especially for
> following threads.  The activity on this mailing list is so great that I
> find it hard to follow.  I have messages filtered into a separate
> folder, but that's not enough.  I also find the archive difficult to
> search, both index and thread pages usually sqewing the results of a
> query. 
> 
> I propose that this list be migrated to a forum.  Who hosts it is
> another question. The most logical host would be UMN's mapserver site.
> 
> Any one else have comments to this?  Are there reason's NOT to migrate
> to a forum?  It just seems silly to have 1000 mailboxes filled with 40
> (yesterday's count) messages a day (or 1 really long one if digested)
> when they can be posted on a common site where we can go look at it,
> sorted by thread, grouped into categories/levels whatever.  It's more
> "user friendly" IMHO.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Liz Godwin
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