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?
> >  
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