> Literally *hundreds* of tools exist to manage traffic flow for mailing lists > and Usenet groups (which is what we *really* should be doing, if you need an > opinion :-); web forums are all different, and completely unmanageable for > off line use.
While I tend to agree that web forums are all different and difficult to manage, I do prefer forums to mailinglists since they tend to be a little better organized and you can easily categorize things. (take a look at forums.gentoo.org. It's a prize example of how the categories help sort out technical problems, discussions, ideas, etc). I like the idea of a newsgroup, except it doesn't really add much over the mailinglist except that you can read it without filling up your inbox. I have to ask about the "unmanageable for offline use" part. How many people do you suppose really read this list offline? For that matter, how many myth users aren't on a broadband connection and are online all the time anyway? There are an awful lot of people who sign up web-based email accounts for this list just because there is so much traffic that they don't want it on their computer offline. - jeff -- email me if you want a gmail invite, I have (infinity - 1) remaining _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
