> 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? _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
