On 10-8-2018 21:10, blackfalconsoftw...@outlook.com [firebird-support] wrote:
Interestingly, the message by Doug you are replying to has yet to show up in my mailbox. I wonder if it ever will. > I am not sure what you mean by a non-web forum unless you are talking > about the older bulletin board format. Most people use this list as a mailing list (as in: they receive everything by email and reply by email), not as a web discussion forum. > To your other concern, I have come across quite a few sites offering > free forums. However, before investing in one, it would have to be > researched as to the capability to support the requirements of the > current Firebird forums. The project has switched to Google Groups for some of the other mailing lists. Google Groups can be used both as a web client and as a mailing list similar as Yahoo Groups, except it is - in my opinion - better maintained. > Another concern is the consideration of moving the current forum's data > into a new forum's format. Migrating the archive to a new platform is in my opinion not a requirement. We will however need to preserve that archive in some form. That way, old discussions etc can still be found in search engines like Google. Mark -- Mark Rotteveel
