Johannes Kastl wrote: > On 1/26/2006 7:29 PM Per Jessen wrote: > >> There are various examples of this out there already, some good, some >> bad. At linuxprinting.org they run mailing-lists bi-dir gated to a >> forum. At isc.org they run mailing-lists bi-dir gated to a >> newsgroup. gmane.org is probably the best-known example of gating >> mailing-lists to >> newsgroups (and a web-interface). I personally bi-dir gate all my >> mailing-lists with a news-server. >> >> If the webforum need is only about getting a different interface that >> less tech-savvy people can better understand or work with, then I >> don't >> see a problem. Just get going - it can't be that difficult bolting >> on a webforum *slave* to the mailing-list *master*. > > I think the problem is IF they work properly...
OK, perhaps that can lead us on to a technical discussion. I know for a fact that a bi-dir setup between a mailing-list and a newserver works really well. I have about 100 mailing-lists gated with my news-server. Given the appropriate webforum software, I see no technical reason why the same thing can't be done with a webforum too. I propose the following : For each forum (categorised by language and/or subject), a mailing-list will serve as the master. That gives us an email-interface right away. For convenience for those of us who are used to USENET, we add a newsserver as a slave and for those of us who like the webforum style, we add a webforum slave. This is very much like what Lars Ingebrigtsen at gmane.org has already done. (I'm perfectly open to letting the news-server be the master instead of the mailing-list, but I don't know how well it works). /Per Jessen, Zürich --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
