On 7/26/07, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > i imagine this mail2forum provides some sort of "[Subforum]"-tag > > before each e-mail. To answer to a thread, simply answer the last > > mail of that thread. To start a new topic, just write "[Subforum] > > New Topic Name" as Subject of the mail. At least i would implement > > it this way. And if it isn't so, we could simply write ourselves > > something like that. I mean: we have plenty of developers in here. > > How do you make sure that the [Subforum] really exists when users > type a message? How do they remember the list of tags? Does the > sender get back a notice and has to send it again?
Again, i just assume this things, since I never used it, it's just how i would implement it. You should know the subforums, or if you don't, then you could just request it with a e-mail. The sender would get a confirmetion if it was posted, which he has to answer to autenticate itself. > This not only allow to have mailing list AND forum, but also to let > > everybody choose how they want to interact. > > Well, they can choose anyway even if both systems are not connected. But if they are connected, you don't loose anything with the decision My latest conclusions: > * the democratic approach would be to vote for either of both > (inducing a lot of political discussions where people try to convince > each other). But where vote? Because this should be a solution for end-users, and we haven't any at our disposal. * the (darwinistic) market oriented approach is to simply offer both > - more or less connected and useage patterns will decide if they are connected, then there isn't anything to be decidet. -- My corner of the web: http://ramsesoriginal.wordpress.com My dream, my world: http://abenu.wordpress.com
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