In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote: > > Just my two cents... While a better wiki-faq is almost always a good > thing, I think that in terms of reducing e-mail traffic and helping > with the "dumb questions", a forum system might be another alternative.
A "forum system" is almost always much worse than a mailing list. Please don't. > A forum would keep inboxes from becoming cluttered, and represents a > relatively low barrier to entry for many users. Personally, I find it ...but it represents a high barrier for the gurus who are used to use their standard mail readers which usually are not web browsers. > verified belief is that newbies presented with a choice of forum > versus e-mail list will choose the forum. You are probably right. That's because they don't know it better. Most experts decide the other way. Best regards, Wolfgang Denk -- DENX Software Engineering GmbH, HRB 165235 Munich, CEO: Wolfgang Denk Office: Kirchenstr. 5, D-82194 Groebenzell, Germany Phone: (+49)-8142-66989-10 Fax: (+49)-8142-66989-80 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Philosophy: A route of many roads leading from nowhere to nothing. - Ambrose Bierce ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
