Aleksander wrote:
LedHed wrote:
This may be true for people that scan all the posts in the ML,
anxiously waiting to answer, but very few (if any) actually do.
Not to mention if someone posts a question to the ML and the question
has already been answered, it is difficult to direct them to that
answer. With a forum this is quite easy.
Generic guides and FAQs should be presented as static web pages if
they are maintained by the original authors or set up as wiki pages.
I'm against the forum, doesn't make sense. The list is already
threaded, just use a client that supports that (I haven't used/seen
one that doesn't). You can search your own collection or from the web,
via google or specifically using one of the archives search features.
There's also google groups, you can post from there too!
Separation from the inbox -- most MUAs support filtering based on
pretty much anything. At my company we use sieve and mail is filtered
server side. I have a separate IMAP folder for each mailing list.
About linking? There's absolutely no difference in linking to a thread
in an ML archive and a thread in a forum/message board.
A dspam wiki might make sense, if there are interested contributers.
The forum is certainly a bad idea, IMO.
Alex
I have to say that my main support behind a web forum is the
"friendliness" aspect - People have more of a personality and a face on
a forum, than on a mailing list. A forum could help dspam build a
stronger community.
I do, however, agree with the fact that our resources are already limited...
Wiki? Heck yes - we need a better one.
--Kyle
