On 24 Aug 2011, at 19:59, Donald Whytock wrote: > On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 1:26 PM, TJ Frazier <[email protected]> wrote: >> How well could forum code provide email-like >> interaction for the providers? E.g., Email for new topics / comments of >> interest; link for fast reply entry. Email /for/ entry? Some of this is >> probably available already. Design input from providers would be nice. > > I think someone already asked this, but what about the inverse of > this? A forum-like interface for email? I personally think the > current Apache email archive interface is atrocious...it doesn't even > have a search function. > > If a sufficiently forumesque interface were added to Apache mailing > lists, with form-based subscriptions, it might be acceptable to a lot > of users.
We had this at OpenSolaris. Our experience was that, due to the difference in cultural outlooks of forum and e-mail users, this became very unpleasant for both groups who annoyed each other intensely with their differing approaches to communication. S.
