I honestly prefer mailing lists or NNTP as forums each require a different place to go to see if there are updates, or else there's constant getting an e-mail notice, which doesn't actually let you know what was posted so then you have to click through, and log in to post a reply.
Even in the best case, like the Zenoss forums with a mail bridge, there's often buggyness or complexities that aren't needed with a mailing list or NNTP... -- James Pulver Information Technology Area Supervisor LEPP Computer Group Cornell University -----Original Message----- From: owner-scientific-linux-us...@listserv.fnal.gov [mailto:owner-scientific-linux-us...@listserv.fnal.gov] On Behalf Of Jon Sent: Friday, March 25, 2011 10:51 AM To: SCIENTIFIC-LINUX-USERS@LISTSERV.FNAL.GOV Subject: Re: forum for Scientific Linux users Could a separate domain, such as forums.scientificlinux.org, be hosted on a separate server, perhaps off-site, in order to preserve the current security protocols? -- Jon Ruth Kent, Ohio On 25 Mar 2011 at 9:20, Troy Dawson wrote: > We currently cannot have forum's on the official > www.scientificlinux.org sites. This is due to the login > restrictions that we currently are under. This issue is > currently being looked at, but is a lower priority > than a few other items. > > Troy Dawson
