Sorry but I've never seen a mailing list archive really working.. No good search feature, hard to follow a thread (next by thread, next by date, etc)
Plus to post you need to be member of the mailing list, therefore receive 400 emails a day... On a forum you register, you post only when you have question, you have separate areas (installation, query problem, design problems, innoDB problem, let's say) and you can do specific searches. You can also have email notice when a reply is made to a thread you started asking a question. my 2 cents... Etienne Philip Molter wrote: > > On Fri, Dec 14, 2001 at 07:16:40AM -0800, Jason Rowski wrote: > : Hi, > : > : I willing to build and host a free mySQL discussion > : forum/newsgroup for the mySQL community. I have web > : space available and can easily build a discussion > : forum using vbulletin and mySQL in a couple of days. > : > : Does the mySQL community think that we need a > : discussion forum where all the mysql messages are > : archived and offer superor search options ? Any > : comments and feedback is appreciated. > > Why not just stick a web-frontend on to the mailing list? That > way, there aren't two separate areas of MySQL support. There's > already archives of the mailing list, and it sounds like what people > want is the functionality of the mailing list without the inbox > clutter. > > * Philip Molter > * Texas.net Internet > * http://www.texas.net/ > * [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Before posting, please check: > http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) > http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) > > To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php -- Etienne Marcotte Specifications Management - Quality Control Imperial Tobacco Ltd. - Montreal (Qc) Canada 514.932.6161 x.4001 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
