John K Masters wrote: > 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? > Mailman does have an archive which can be accessed via a browser in either threaded or chronological modes.
I believe this to be a Mailman list, hence do we not already have a way of reading the list threaded? Sean -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/