I think the forums are a GREAT addition! --- "Mangi, Rick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Pier, > > I don't think this makes a whole lot of sense. I > understand the advantages > of a forum vs. a mailing list, but requiring people > to look for a link at > the bottom and then register to reply... it just > ain't gonna happen, and > you're going to spend a lot of time reminding people > to check if it's a > message from the forum. I'd suggest you filter on > the subject fields and > have an agent subscribed to the mailing list > automatically posting the > messages up there. > > Being a realist... I don't see this working. > > Rick > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Pier Fumagalli [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 10:41 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Welcome to the Tomcat 4.0 F.A.Q. on-line > forum. > > > In the effort of better managing our resources > Apache wide, and specifically > in our case in the scope of the Jakarta project, > here is a little new > addition to our set of "tools". A web-based forum > system. > > Some of you have asked "why" do we need a forum, > aren't our mailing lists > enough to support our needs? My reply is simple, we > need both. > > The on-line forum, first of all, allows you do a > couple of nifty things that > people asked: search messages in an intelligent way > (our mail archives > already do so, but most of the time, the precision > of their search engine is > not, well, the best you can get). > > Plus, each question there is organized and threaded > better than any Email > client can do (there is a big discussion about how > to interpret the > In-Reply-To header, and some popular email clients > "forget" to include it in > messages), and the topics are way more visible than > on a mailing list with > an average of more than 200 messages a day. > > There are some more features, like: wouldn't it be > nice to be able to be > notified and receive replies only to MY particular > question, avoiding all > the other hundreds of emails that flow daily to your > mail client? Well, a > web forum allows you to do that, you can create a > thread, the one with your > little particular problem, and "watch it", being > notified via email about > what replies I got only to my problem. Or looking > and being notified about > that little problem I had and was reported by > another guy... All that can be > done only thru a well-managed forum, and the current > internet-mail system is > not sufficient to achieve that. > > And PLUS, every message you send thru the web-forum > is actually "mirrored" > on our mailing list (I'm still figuring out how to > do the opposite, but > given enough brainpower -which I don't have at the > moment - I'm sure I can > do that!), so everyone will see it (nope, you won't > loose visibility, and > you don't have to post your messages twice). > > I just a couple of little favors to ask you all. If > you see a message coming > from the web-forum (and you will recognize it by the > lines at the bottom of > the message, take this one for example), and you > want to reply, don't simply > hit "reply" on your client, but instead click on the > link at the bottom, and > respond on-line. Your message will be archieved, > stored, and you won't have > to reply to the same question anymore. And if you > want to reply to someone > on the list, before doing so, check whether the same > question has already > been answered on the forum. The more we use it now, > the less we'll have to > use it in the future. > > Last little question, please, if you see something > wrong or offensive on the > forum, please notify > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, and we'll be > able to remove it... > > Thanks for listening... > > Pier > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This message has been posted through the Jakarta > Tomcat 4.0 F.A.Q. > on line forum, and can be seen at: > <http://nagoya.apache.org:8080/jive/thread.jsp?forum=1&thread=3> > For more informations about the on-line Jakarta > forums, please go to: > <http://nagoya.apache.org:8080/jive/> > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For additional commands, e-mail: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > This email and any attachments are confidential and > may be > legally privileged. 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