On Mon, 9 Oct 2006 19:26:54 +0100 Alan Pope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 09, 2006 at 05:37:04PM +0100, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > wrote: > > Hi > > > > I realise it was spoken about some week ago, but I really do feel > > that perhaps we should re-visit the possibility of an online > > discussion forum. > > For what purpose? Having a mailing list *and* a forum almost always > leads to a split in a community. You generally find people who prefer > mailing lists stay on the list, people who prefer forums stay there. > This leads to fragmented and duplicated discussions. > <BigSnip> I have seen this debate on other mailing lists and can sympathise with both sides. I believe the problem lies with certain mail clients that do not support threads, which makes it very hard to follow specific topics. Many webmail clients are like this. Myself, I have an ongoing problem with my host losing emails and making it almost impossible to transfer my domain. Possibly a prog to view posts in either form? John -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
