[Mapserver-users] List as Forum??

[Vladimir Guzmán]

I like the way mozilla handle threads:

http://maintask.com/mozilla.png

I think I wouldn't read a forum if I'm not looking for an answer.
It would be much more difficult and delayed to find people who wants to 
answer a specific question.

Vladimir Ilich Guzmán R.
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http://www.maintask.com 



Liz Godwin wrote:

>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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