I agree. I think the forum is a great idea. - Richard ----- Original Message ----- From: "Etienne Marcotte" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Philip Molter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, December 14, 2001 11:14 AM Subject: Re: MySql forum or newsgroup
> Sorry but I've never seen a mailing list archive really working.. > > No good search feature, hard to follow a thread (next by thread, next by > date, etc) > > Plus to post you need to be member of the mailing list, therefore > receive 400 emails a day... > > On a forum you register, you post only when you have question, you have > separate areas (installation, query problem, design problems, innoDB > problem, let's say) and you can do specific searches. You can also have > email notice when a reply is made to a thread you started asking a > question. > > my 2 cents... > > Etienne > > Philip Molter wrote: > > > > On Fri, Dec 14, 2001 at 07:16:40AM -0800, Jason Rowski wrote: > > : Hi, > > : > > : I willing to build and host a free mySQL discussion > > : forum/newsgroup for the mySQL community. I have web > > : space available and can easily build a discussion > > : forum using vbulletin and mySQL in a couple of days. > > : > > : Does the mySQL community think that we need a > > : discussion forum where all the mysql messages are > > : archived and offer superor search options ? Any > > : comments and feedback is appreciated. > > > > Why not just stick a web-frontend on to the mailing list? That > > way, there aren't two separate areas of MySQL support. There's > > already archives of the mailing list, and it sounds like what people > > want is the functionality of the mailing list without the inbox > > clutter. > > > > * Philip Molter > > * Texas.net Internet > > * http://www.texas.net/ > > * [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Before posting, please check: > > http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) > > http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) > > > > To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php > > -- > Etienne Marcotte > Specifications Management - Quality Control > Imperial Tobacco Ltd. - Montreal (Qc) Canada > 514.932.6161 x.4001 > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Before posting, please check: > http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) > http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) > > To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php > --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
