Here is an example: http://www.webhostingtalk.com
There are over 53,000 members I have never seen less than 200 members on at one time and the most members online at the same time was 18,517 I have never noticed any lag time due to bandwidth and I have been a member since 2002. The great thing about forums is the ability to make advanced searches and section the sub forums into catogories. A rebol forum could have subs such as newbee section, liscensing and distribution, code help, view, core, etc... Another great thing about having a forum is that you can make common questions sticky so vets aren't answereing the same newb questions time and time again. As for the ability to emulate a Ml. On forums such as the one above in your personal settings you can select any threads or forums you would like to subscribe to and you will recieve notice via e-mail whenever there are new posts. Anyhoot as I am new to Rebol I certainly find It difficult to find detailed information without spending lots of time looking through loads of archived mail, but then again you know what they say about opinions. ; ) -Maryjane ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tim Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2004 7:00 PM Subject: [REBOL] Re: Why no Forum? > > * Defiant Mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [040103 15:42]: > > I was wondering why a mail list instead of a forum? > > > > It would make things so much easier just to enter a search than to read through hundreds of archived mail's > > for a quick answer, furthermore it can send e-mails notifying users of new posts just like a mail list. > > > > We have several servers and I imagine others on this list also have the space to host a forum and > > icon board and phpbb take about 20 seconds to setup, so I ask again why no forum? > > > > The only forum I have found is in french and it has no language selection for non french users. > > > > Any ideas why there are no forums for rebol users? > > > > > > Thank's for your time & sorry if that sounded like a rant... -Mj. > > There's no disputing taste I guess, but I can roar through > my email using Mutt, and prefer it that way, but there's nothing > wrong with options -- back in the early days of CGI, I use > to build forums for customers.... > > > A forum is more of a community, better organized and answers for newbs like myself are readily available. > > Yes, I would think a forum does 'model' a community well. In either > case it is important not to 'overload' a thread, but to create a new > one or a new subject as the content changes - > IMHO - > > question: can a forum such as you describe above 'mirror' a ML? > Also, isn't forum access speed controlled by bandwidth - since > it is web-based? > > I do a lot of reseach with newsgroups and slrn/slrnpull which makes > it exceeding quick to navigate among subject threads, also very > nice. > > cheers > tim > > -- > Tim Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > http://www.alaska-internet-solutions.com > -- > To unsubscribe from this list, just send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe as the subject. > > > -- To unsubscribe from this list, just send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe as the subject.
