Over a year ago, there was an attempt to setup a forum for Tomcat. It is actually still there at http://nagoya.apache.org/jive/index.jsp. It pretty much died for lack of interest.
"Chris Dodunski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > How about an eForum that in addition to emailing the thread initialiser and > post authors within that thread whenever a response is made, also emails the > 'Tomcat Users List? Then those who resist change still get their mail en > masse, and those who don't... don't. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Craig R. McClanahan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, 20 March 2003 6:10 a.m. > To: Tomcat Users List > Subject: Re: User Interface To Tomcat User List > > > On Thu, 20 Mar 2003, NormW wrote: > > > Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2003 04:56:23 +1100 > > From: NormW <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Reply-To: Tomcat Users List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: Tomcat Users List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Re: User Interface To Tomcat User List > > > > Good morning Eric. > > I wasn't 'pushing' for a change as I will go back to just viewing the > > Archives until I need to pose another question; that's why I mentioned > that > > I'm only new to TC and not even close to being able to help with 99% of > what > > comes in my Inbox. > > That's what I liked with the Newsgroup format... I can browse them online, > > and, in the event I can offer some assistance, it's easy to do so...and > > don't have to wade through (66 this morning) a lot of messages I cannot do > > anyhing for. > > While pulling down particular threads is feasible, my knowledge isn't that > > 'compartmentalised'; I might know 4 facts on advanced config and 100 on > > where to find docs; AIX, Linux, Solaris, Windows 2K, etc I can provide a > cup > > of coffee for. > > I gather the mailing lists have been going for a number of years so > > something must be working; I was just thinking it might have been easier. > > Thanks for the feedback though. > > Norm > > > > Any reasonable mail reader that supports sorting by thread, plus a simple > filter rule to copy messages for each mailing list into their own folder, > can give you exactly the same user experience as newsgroups. (Try Mozilla > 1.3, for just one example). Plus, I can select offline mode and download > all the messages, so I can browse them on my laptop offline, reply to them > with "send later", and sync up when I reconnect to the net. And none of > this requires disrupting the lives of 2500 other TOMCAT-USER subscribers > already using the mailing list. > > A newsgroup-only solution would disenfranchise all users who are behind > corporate firewalls that block NNTP. That's totally unreasonable for a > resource like TOMCAT-USER. As others have pointed out, there are > unofficial mirrors for TOMCAT-USER that let you access the list's content > via NNTP if you want -- but with someone else taking the administrative > hassles for managing that. > > If you want *me* to answer questions, you can also assume that any eforum > type interface is also a non-starter :-). I want mail to come to me, so > that I can peruse it when *I* have a few minutes; not have to go to it. > > Craig > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
