I completely agree. Mailing lists have numerous disadvantages, too numerous to list here This really should be on a forum such as http://www.unix.com or one of the other forums out there.
Digium should set up a forum site (I suggest they use vBulletin) and transition this traffic (which is great!) to the forum. > > > Hi, > > > > I am new to Asterisk and the first thing I have noticed about > > Asterisk > > and Pingtels open PBX's is that they are using this dinosaur > > method of > > running forums. It is a real pain getting every message in > > the forum and > > essentially keeping my own database of issues. With that said > > are there > > any forums that are well used or that might even convert this > > email in a > > true forum that is searchable and that doesn't require me downloading > > every email. Before you go and rant on me go see how Mambo > > Server does > > it at http://forum.mamboserver.com. The forums are easy to > > use and thus > > are easy to participate in. I use mozilla Thunderbird and I > > have setup > > filters and all but it still is a pain to use this outdated > > email forum. > > > > It's not a forum, it's a mailing list :-) > > This might be something to search for you: > > http://lists.digium.com/pipermail/asterisk-users/2005-March/thread.html > > You can use google to search the archives. > > _______________________________________________ > Asterisk-Users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users > _______________________________________________ Asterisk-Users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
