[Asterisk-Users] Google newsgroup or Forum setup.

[Eric Wieling]

I would say that the advantage of an e-mail list is that the reader can
decide which mail reader they want to use rather than being forced into
what ever interface the web site wants them to use.  I, for one, would
not be on the mailing list if I did not have the great filtering and
sorting features of my e-mail client (Evolution).  It's just SO much
faster than trying to access some web based discussion board.

--Eric


On Sun, 2003-09-28 at 17:03, costas wrote:
> I think back in the startup days mailing lists did the job but, given the advances that have been made to bbs software it would beehove using them.  
> 
> Here is some issues with emails that bbs software solve.
> 
> 0) You need email software. Why clutter everyones email boxes with thousands of messages.
> 1) Not everyone uses outlook or email clients. (I use web based email exclusively)
> 2) Since I don't have all of the messages from day one, I have to download all the files and keep them somewhere where I can remember. Any of my associates have to do the same.
> 3) Its hard to search for something unless I download the archives and search a humoungs files and then open them.
> 4) I prefer forums like the phpBB. They have so many cool things that can be setup for users. Easy to organize, easy to find things, give incentives and recognition to users. Add links to all the websites. 
> 
> I guess in the end its the advantage of an automobile over a horse buggy. They both do the same thing. Just one is faster and has more features than the other.
> 
> Costas
> 
> ---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
> From: "Paul Crick" <web-asterisk-users at ivrl.com>
> Reply-To: asterisk-users at lists.digium.com
> Date:  Sun, 28 Sep 2003 14:32:03 -0700
> 
> >> I am sure this has been asked before, but why not use
> >> Google newsgroup or at least some forum BBS software
> >> instead of this cumbersome mailing list process?
> >Someone's wanting to get flamed today eh? ;-)
> >
> >I'm a big fan of bulletin board type systems and have used phpBB quite a bit
> >(www.phpbb.com) - it's great because it has a "show me all new messages
> >since I last logged in" feature and allows for multiple forums/topics etc.
> >You can get it to email you if someone replies to a thread that you've
> >marked/are "watching".
> >
> >That said, I like the Asterisk mailing lists too - they end up in different
> >folders in my Outlook, I can follow threads etc, it works well too.
> >
> >Six of one, half a dozen of the other I guess - everyone has their personal
> >preferences. As for "cumbersome" - hmm, that's the word that'll maybe rock
> >the boat on the list. What's the problem with a mailing list? So long as
> >people can handle the basics of reply quoting etiquette and keep away from
> >HTML formatting, there should be few problems? I guess the only thing is the
> >search capabilities but then you can do that through Google or another
> >archive indexer - it's just maybe not that obvious/clear how to do it..
> >
> >For list reference/archiving, go to www.google.com, in the search keywords
> >box type "site:lists.digium.com" followed by the keywords you want to
> >search.
> >
> >Anyone else got thoughts/evidence on email versus BBS type working?
> >
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