On 2010/06/30 19:14 (GMT+0300) Tom H. Lautenbacher composed: > 1. If you come to Samba (or any other community project) as a NEW user, you > could find all the previous information and communication nicely organized > in the forum. The forum serves as a knowledgebase, which helps new users to > integrate quickly and supports them in getting the things setup without > pain. You can find the threads sorted in different subject-categories and > start browsing them, or you can start a forum search, which has a much > higher relevance of results, than a global google search.
Any given post may or may not belong in a particular subject category, may belong in multiple categories, and may not be included in the most appropriate category. Categorization as a benefit, absent considerable involvement by the admin, is an illusion. > Opposed to this: If you join NEW to a mailing list initially you do not find > ANYTHING, but have to start collecting emails in a personal archive over the > years (as you do). But if you need certain information NOW, the only > alternative is to do a Google-Search which is very sub-optimal to do, > compared to a forum search, or the logical division of subjects in a Forum. I subscribe to well in excess of 60 mailing lists. I'm aware of none of them that do not have a searchable archive, which may or may not use Google as its search engine, but nevertheless limits the searches to the archive itself at least optionally. -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe from this list go to the following URL and read the instructions: https://lists.samba.org/mailman/options/samba
