> boun...@sqlite.org] On Behalf Of Jean-Denis MUYS > > > 1. Several subject forums as mentioned > > > Mail can have as many subjects as desired
Well, so can forum posts. The point is that the forum is divided into main categories above the subject of the post > > 2. Better view of threads with several levels being immediately > > displayed > > > My mail client threads far better than most forums (fora?) I seriously doubt that :-). I mean how much better than a totally ordered hierarchy with several levels and forks can it be. But perhaps your mail client is very good. Which one do you use? Also, in a forum, you can see posts from a selected author sorted by date. > > 3. Preview of entries and editing of them even after they are posted > > (by the author) > > Which can be seen as a liability To be sure. But then again until anyone has posted a reply. It can be used to correct a typo or add info (where it makes sense rather than add a new post). > > 4. Formatted rather than plain text > > Which mail is capable of Any formatting is stripped. At least it is so on the sqlite-users mail-list. > > 5. No need for e-mail-addresses to be exposed > > > Couldn't a mailing list hide email addresses too? Perhaps it could. I find, however, that e-mails are spread all over the place on the sqlite-users mailing list. So it is not being done here. That is one of my big objections as it invariable leads to spamming of the members. > On the other hand, I find mailing lists much better: I can read them off line, I > can also answer them off line (my client will send my answers as soon as it > gets online), I can archive any and/or all posts that I find valuable. I get messages from others when they are on their way to work or home sitting in trains and busses. Mostly people are just online through wireless or mobile networks. It is considered "in" to be able to access the Internet at all times in all places, so I find that point a bit moot nowadays. > In fact, when fora (forums?) propose a mailing list interface (i.e. google > groups), I prefer subscribing to them as a mailing list. > > Even better than mailing lists: newsgroups. Except my company only lets us > use port 80 in addition to the mail gateway, so I can't use newsgroups. Who am I tell someone what to prefer. I just find, however, it is a bit religious like choice of OS or gadgets. I can see that e-mail lists can work and in the past could have a lot of advantages. Nowadays, I find not as many good reasons to prefer them over a proper forum which have some really nice features. /Frank Missel _______________________________________________ sqlite-users mailing list sqlite-users@sqlite.org http://sqlite.org:8080/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users
