[Asterisk-Users] Are there online forums instead of thisemailforum??

[Tim Bass]

This list certainly needs a moderator.

The discussion should not be laced with profanity, you should treat this
list and others like there are women on the list and try to be polite so
everyone is comfortable.  Most professionals discuss matters in a way where
everyone is comfortable to discuss.  There is nothing wrong with being
polite, not using profanity, and being respectful of people with different
opinions.

Or, better yet, Digium should shut this list down and move it to a
commercial vBulletin style forum and get some good moderators to delete
posts that do not follow a basic set of social rules of behavior.   Here are
the rules from UNIX.COM, and they work very well:

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