No, Forem doesn't have email based forum replies. You would need to set up some kind of SMTP receiver for that (or use a service like SendGrid which supports it)
On Tuesday, 28 August 2012 at 6:28 PM, Weston Platter wrote: > @Rodrigo et all - any further thoughts on actionable items? > > @RyanBigg - does Forum have email based forum replies? > > -weston > > > On Monday, July 23, 2012 10:48:09 AM UTC-4, Rodrigo Rosenfeld Rosas wrote: > > A forum is not as effective as mailing lists for people like me. > > > > Usually you will only access a forum for asking questions and not to reply > > to them. This also makes it less likely that your question will be answered. > > > > In a mailing list you'll see all messages that comes through them. > > Eventually you'll see a question that you're able to reply even though your > > main interest in the list is making questions instead of answering them. > > > > I have searched for "engine" in the Rails-talk list and I found that that > > list is probably not very effective for such subject: > > > > https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!searchin/rubyonrails-talk/engine/rubyonrails-talk/PqCTofRUSrM/ZXmbOmB_368J > > > > (https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#%21searchin/rubyonrails-talk/engine/rubyonrails-talk/PqCTofRUSrM/ZXmbOmB_368J) > > ( app-prefix for tasks defined in an engine?! - no answers) > > > > https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!searchin/rubyonrails-talk/engine/rubyonrails-talk/XvrZOOcsmD8/6sAQjLWB1QcJ > > > > (https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#%21searchin/rubyonrails-talk/engine/rubyonrails-talk/XvrZOOcsmD8/6sAQjLWB1QcJ) > > (self replied) > > > > https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!searchin/rubyonrails-talk/engine/rubyonrails-talk/OkE9zq5APVQ/6IgaWmZIirUJ > > > > (https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#%21searchin/rubyonrails-talk/engine/rubyonrails-talk/OkE9zq5APVQ/6IgaWmZIirUJ) > > (same) > > > > https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!searchin/rubyonrails-talk/engine/rubyonrails-talk/iMDlv-U5Kyc/r1uvnconwlIJ > > > > (https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#%21searchin/rubyonrails-talk/engine/rubyonrails-talk/iMDlv-U5Kyc/r1uvnconwlIJ) > > (no answers) > > > > https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!searchin/rubyonrails-talk/engine/rubyonrails-talk/b_gStTqQXvA/vQNSqsF2muIJ > > > > (https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#%21searchin/rubyonrails-talk/engine/rubyonrails-talk/b_gStTqQXvA/vQNSqsF2muIJ) > > (no answers) > > > > https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!searchin/rubyonrails-talk/engine/rubyonrails-talk/1IofgiCKbUQ/69eaQeOGvG8J > > > > (https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#%21searchin/rubyonrails-talk/engine/rubyonrails-talk/1IofgiCKbUQ/69eaQeOGvG8J) > > (no answers) > > > > https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!searchin/rubyonrails-talk/engine/rubyonrails-talk/5T0g8ADL_4w/4BgZItDw260J > > > > (https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#%21searchin/rubyonrails-talk/engine/rubyonrails-talk/5T0g8ADL_4w/4BgZItDw260J) > > (no answers) > > > > https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!searchin/rubyonrails-talk/engine/rubyonrails-talk/K6cgyimLb5Y/2YlNZPsPFM4J > > > > (https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#%21searchin/rubyonrails-talk/engine/rubyonrails-talk/K6cgyimLb5Y/2YlNZPsPFM4J) > > (no answers) > > > > https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!searchin/rubyonrails-talk/engine/rubyonrails-talk/JpLBcLhu2PA/p4-xpg6iC2cJ > > > > (https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#%21searchin/rubyonrails-talk/engine/rubyonrails-talk/JpLBcLhu2PA/p4-xpg6iC2cJ) > > (no answers) > > > > This is pretty typical in Rails-talk and I'd say this would represent about > > 80% of the top results for "engine" search in that group. > > > > And there is a lot of regular questions like database modeling, > > validations, etc there too. > > > > I still think that a focused mailing list on Engines or more advanced stuff > > could be interesting for dealing with experienced Rails developers. > > > > You will also find by looking at that group that the people that are most > > likely to be the ones that know best the answers are not subscribed to > > rails-talk but to rails-core only. > > > > Lots of them don't even seem to be subscribed to rails-core even and I'd > > suspect the core members have a separate mailing list or other means of > > communicating between themselves. > > > > That is why I think a focused general questions list about advanced > > subjects could be interesting. > > > > I hope you understand what I mean. > > > > Cheers, > > Rodrigo. > > > > Em 22-07-2012 20:32, Ryan Bigg escreveu: > > > All this talk of categorization sounds almost like there should be some > > > kind of Rails forum for discussing things in, rather than isolated > > > mailing lists. > > > > > > There's an engine for that. https://github.com/radar/forem > > > > > > On Sunday, 22 July 2012 at 5:36 AM, Luís Ferreira wrote: > > > > > > > Yes, but engines kinda sucked before 3.1. Now a lot more people are > > > > using them. > > > > > > > > +1 for the list. > > > > On Jul 21, 2012, at 2:29 AM, Andrew Kaspick wrote: > > > > > Here's a past one... > > > > > > > > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > > > > > > > > > dead! > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 8:28 PM, Ryan Bigg <[email protected] > > > > > (javascript:)> wrote: > > > > > > rails-talk is a ghetto. > > > > > > > > > > > > A new engines list would be best. > > > > > > > > > > > > On Saturday, 21 July 2012 at 11:27 AM, Andrew Kaspick wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > Engine lists have been created in the past, but they're not very > > > > > > > active or are dead. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -1 to a new engine list and +1 to just asking the questions in > > > > > > > rails-talk first > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 7:41 PM, TuteC <[email protected] > > > > > > > (javascript:)> wrote: > > > > > > > > +1 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Agree that a Rails engine is in the frontier between custom app > > > > > > > > code > > > > > > > > and Rails architecture, yet a client (and not core) of Rails. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 1:20 PM, Rodrigo Rosenfeld Rosas > > > > > > > > <[email protected] (javascript:)> wrote: > > > > > > > > > It is not always clear whether we should use Rails-talk or > > > > > > > > > Rails-core list. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > In the same way we have a list for Rails documentation and we > > > > > > > > > had one for > > > > > > > > > i18n, would you consider a new list oriented to > > > > > > > > > Engine/Plugins developers? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > This would be a list we could subscribe for engine-related > > > > > > > > > questions that > > > > > > > > > would't have a very big traffic like the Rails-talk one and I > > > > > > > > > think such a > > > > > > > > > list could be pretty useful for gem authors. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Would that be wanted? > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ruby on Rails: Core" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rubyonrails-core/-/OfqBIkXpQRgJ. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > (mailto:[email protected]). > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > (mailto:[email protected]). > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-core?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Core" group. 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