[Asterisk-Users] Are there online forums instead of this email

[bass at silkroad.com]

Any decent on-line forum would be much better than these digium email lists.  The lists are
 poorly formatted, there is no easy way to post code, you cannot neatly quote anyone, the s
earch function in the archive is elementary at best, there is no possibility for active use
rs to moderate their area of interest, there is no private messaging, the list goes on and
on.

I highly and kindly suggest that Digium transition off these email list and into a good, commercial, on line forum, like vBulletin (www.vbulletin.com).   I just joined this list and am amazed at how much traffic there is, how poorly formatted the messages are, how so many different topics are lumped into one list, etc.

As someone who has administered the UNIX Forums for many years, and with over 28 thousand registered users, I have seen how great an on-line, forum-based community can become.   This is a great community and Digium needs to leverage the energy and the power with a good on-line forum software, like vBulletin. 

Association:

A GOOD ON-LINE FORUM IS TO EMAIL LISTS WHAT THE WORLD WIDE WEB WAS TO GOPHER.       

In other words, Digium is only hurting this community by not transitioning these lists to a good on-line community building software product.