Re: [ilugd] Re: Possible additional feature for the list

2004-02-19 Thread Mairu Gupta
Quoting LinuxLingam [EMAIL PROTECTED]: yes, i have said this earlier, and am saying it again, mairu, and others for the forum, P L E A S E go visit http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi and evaluate what sandip and kishore got rolling a few months ago. Hi LL Already

Re: should we have forum (was) [ilugd] Re: Possible additional feature for the list

2004-02-19 Thread Amit Sharma
both points are valid, i am in favour of forum. 2 votes in favour of forum few hundred against it i feel :( we should have forum amit --- Mairu Gupta [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Quoting LinuxLingam [EMAIL PROTECTED]: yes, i have said this earlier, and am saying it again, mairu, and

Re: should we have forum (was) [ilugd] Re: Possible additional feature for the list

2004-02-19 Thread LinuxLingam
On Thu, 2004-02-19 at 16:15, Amit Sharma wrote: both points are valid, i am in favour of forum. 2 votes in favour of forum few hundred against it i feel :( we should have forum amit let newbies use the mailing list subscription. others could use gmane. and should you insist, go for

[ilugd] Re: Possible additional feature for the list

2004-02-18 Thread Tarun Dua
Mairu Gupta wrote: I am also willing to give for free hosting space for the forums. Mairu, If you feel so strongly about this, so far you have volunteered to :- 1. Get the free hosting space and install your favourite forums software on that. 2. Coax Raj to point forums.linux-delhi.org to the

Re: [ilugd] Re: Possible additional feature for the list

2004-02-18 Thread Raj Mathur
ams == Abhijit Menon-Sen [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: ams At 2004-02-17 22:42:26 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: are you one of those who like to see few hundred of mail getting downloaded in the inbox? ams I'm certainly not one of those who like to sit around ams hitting

Re: [ilugd] Re: Possible additional feature for the list

2004-02-18 Thread Sharma, Manish X \(EM, GECIS\)
Message: 1 Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2004 23:33:03 -0800 (PST) From: Amit Sharma [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [ilugd] Re: Possible additional feature for the list To: The Linux-Delhi mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain

[ilugd] Re: Possible additional feature for the list

2004-02-18 Thread vikram ranade
I think that a Forum is a great idea...much easier to navigate and reference older threads to some of the common problems and questions.that are put forward by members. I think that it is also a great way to increase the exposure of DLUG to others and showcase us as an active

Re: [ilugd] Re: Possible additional feature for the list

2004-02-18 Thread Mairu Gupta
Mairu, If you feel so strongly about this, so far you have volunteered to :- 1. Get the free hosting space and install your favourite forums software on that. It is the ILUG community that decides. 2. Coax Raj to point forums.linux-delhi.org to the newly created forums site. Coax ?

Re: [ilugd] Re: Possible additional feature for the list

2004-02-18 Thread Avinesh Bangar
Is it not possible to have a forum + email list ? I mean instead of storing the archives like archives if they can be pushed to a forum (which I guess are easily indexed in search engines)? We are using MailMan (http://www.list.org) for our LUG (here in Canada) mailing list, which includes

[ilugd] Re: Possible additional feature for the list

2004-02-18 Thread Vipul Mathur
amit soni [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Is it not possible to have a forum + email list ? I mean instead of storing the archives like archives if they can be pushed to a forum (which I guess are easily indexed in search engines)? It seems people are not listening... or maybe someone should speak

Re: [ilugd] Re: Possible additional feature for the list

2004-02-18 Thread Raj Shekhar
Mairu Gupta wrote: There is no selective reading, that's one thing i think is important for new people. For people who have been on this list forever, and who aren't having a problem, will like to continue, but then, can't we change and see ? Can we not see if this new system brings a new

Re: [ilugd] Re: Possible additional feature for the list

2004-02-18 Thread Manpreet Singh Nehra
Mairu, Mairu, If you feel so strongly about this, so far you have volunteered to :- 1. Get the free hosting space and install your favourite forums software on that. It is the ILUG community that decides. 2. Coax Raj to point forums.linux-delhi.org to the newly created forums site.

Re: [ilugd] Re: Possible additional feature for the list

2004-02-18 Thread LinuxLingam
yes, i have said this earlier, and am saying it again, mairu, and others for the forum, P L E A S E go visit http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi and evaluate what sandip and kishore got rolling a few months ago. * * * if you are reading this line, it probably means you have not

Re: [ilugd] Re: Possible additional feature for the list

2004-02-17 Thread Amit Sharma
dear abhijit, are you one of those who like to see few hundred of mail getting downloaded in the inbox? i still fail to understand how come this email view of ilugd better than the proposed forum view? amit --- Abhijit Menon-Sen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 2004-02-17 22:01:46 -0800, [EMAIL

Re: [ilugd] Re: Possible additional feature for the list

2004-02-17 Thread Sandip Bhattacharya
Amit Sharma wrote: dear abhijit, are you one of those who like to see few hundred of mail getting downloaded in the inbox? :D No. I would rather download hundreds of mails in my browser rendered with hundreds of kb of HTML. Come on, dont you get it? With every mail - there you go click on

Re: [ilugd] Re: Possible additional feature for the list

2004-02-17 Thread vivek
On Wed, 2004-02-18 at 12:12, Amit Sharma wrote: dear abhijit, are you one of those who like to see few hundred of mail getting downloaded in the inbox? many of the users ( gurus, who provide majority of the help) access their mails while in office. it is not possible for them, nor would

Re: [ilugd] Re: Possible additional feature for the list

2004-02-17 Thread Amit Sharma
different persons have different views well my vote still goes for forum. BTW, i have still to see a forum which is based on world-wide-wait ;) amit --- Sandip Bhattacharya [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Amit Sharma wrote: dear abhijit, are you one of those who like to see few hundred

[ilugd] Re: Possible additional feature for the list

2004-02-17 Thread Abhijit Menon-Sen
At 2004-02-17 22:42:26 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: are you one of those who like to see few hundred of mail getting downloaded in the inbox? I'm certainly not one of those who like to sit around hitting reload on a bunch of web pages all day. I have to deal with a lot of email *anyway*,

Re: [ilugd] Re: Possible additional feature for the list

2004-02-17 Thread Amit Sharma
dear vivek, yes !! vivek your point(s) is a valid one. i agree with your point(s). amit --- vivek [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, 2004-02-18 at 12:12, Amit Sharma wrote: dear abhijit, are you one of those who like to see few hundred of mail getting downloaded in the inbox? many

Re: [ilugd] Re: Possible additional feature for the list

2004-02-17 Thread Amit Sharma
i am falling short of explanations in favour of forum any body out there to help me :) amit --- Abhijit Menon-Sen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 2004-02-17 22:42:26 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: are you one of those who like to see few hundred of mail getting downloaded in the