It seems like every time somebody tries to change this it never sticks. I vote just keep it going the way it is. Gmail does a nice job of squashing all the replies together, for the most part. There are no doubt better methods than this, but for some reason the new plan never sticks. I remember a fancy message board setup of a couple of years ago. I liked it, but it never took hold.
On 11/16/12, Ben Goertzel <[email protected]> wrote: > A recurrent thread on this list is the desire to have a fusion of > forum and mailing list functionalities > > Fora are nice because they can be more organized than a mailing list > archive. Email lists are nice because they're better at nudging folks > to participate, by making messages intrusively land in their inbox... > > I poked around a little (because another group I'm involved with had > the same need, but more acutely), and it appears that the good old > Phorum software > > http://www.phorum.org > > provides a Web forum interface, with the possibility of > > -- receiving posts by email > > -- making posts by email > > A Phorum hosting provider, recommended on phorum.org, is > > http://www.ubiquityhosting.com > > Note that Phorum is highly customizable, and probably someone with > time to fiddle with it (not me) could set up an appropriate > configuration for this group > > So if anyone feels like it, you may want to try to set up an AGI > Phorum site.... If you can get it to work like an email list / forum > hybrid [posts organized online in categories, but posts received and > reply-able by email without any weirdness], then I'd advocate > switching the AGI list to that format... > > Thoughts? > > -- Ben G > > -- > Ben Goertzel, PhD > http://goertzel.org > > "My humanity is a constant self-overcoming" -- Friedrich Nietzsche > > > ------------------------------------------- > AGI > Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now > RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/11943661-d9279dae > Modify Your Subscription: > https://www.listbox.com/member/?&; > Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com > ------------------------------------------- AGI Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/21088071-c97d2393 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21088071&id_secret=21088071-2484a968 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
