> I really hate on-line forums. They're difficult to track because I > must remember visit them daily.
OK this is the first issue - 95% of people who need MySQL info do not need it daily. Mailing lists are a poor tool for them.
No but those in need of help does. And those ppl who are capable of helping them are usually busy. Do they keep a browser open and refresh the forum frequently? I'll answer that question: no.
The NNTP mirror is actually a double-edged sword - yes it takes care of archiving and searching (via Google Groups), I will agree, but it misleads infrequent users into thinking posting actually does something meaningful.
Why don't you build a better one? IIRC sendmail list has both posting via NNTP and mailinglist.
-Easily break discussion into sub-categories (especially for MySQL, where SQL questions are combined with everything else, would be nice to break that out)
PHP has several different lists and most questions end up on the general list. Usually cross-posted to other lists.
SourceForge is a great idea, but a poorly designed system. Obviously a package designed by an engineer, its a mess.
You seem to be a brilliant coder so..perhaps you can re-design sourceforge and the underlaying code. Anyway, I expect an announcement from you real soon that you created a mail to NNTP gateway for this list.. You are going to build that.. right?
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