On Fri, March 17, 2006 0:07, Tom Härtl said: >> >> I see this argument pop up on every mailinglist I am on once in a > while. >> It becomes heated, some flames burst out, simmer on and then it dies > down >> again and (luckily) nothing happens, as the majority always prefers >> mailinglist over forums... > > Me too :) > > Can't hold too much against it. It's just that I think that users > subscribing to the visdn-ML do this for one reason: there's not too much > information on visdn elsewhere on the net. People simply have to come > here to get the information they need - no matter wheter on a > mailing-list or a forum. I never meant starting a discussion about > things you better not argue about: personal preferences. > Sorry, no flaming intended this time ;-)
No need for apologies... ;-) > "Disregard initial posting due to forget-about-it reasons" ;-D If that is what you wish... > So let's just stick to my last idea: a search function. Actually that's > all I was looking for. It's getting sort of annoying flipping back and > forth just to find a answer, especially when you are a 120% sure that > you read it on the February posts. Until you find out it was on > January's board. > Happens (at least) to me all the time. I hear ya! That may partially be due to the fact that the archives are behind https, and thus not searchable through google (on most mailman lists searching 'echo site:mailman.uli.it' would give all messages with echo in their bodies, but the visdn list is not being cataloged, most likely because it is behind https...) > > So long > TOM > Cheers! -- F Peeters PIII 450 - 1 GB - * 1.2 - BRIstuff 0.3.0 Pre 1 - Florz patch 2 Sweex HFC-PCI modes=0 sync_slave=0 timer_card=0 AMD Duron 1GHz - 1GB - * 1.2.1 - vISDN 2 Sweex HFC-PCI cards _______________________________________________ Visdn-hackers mailing list [email protected] https://mailman.uli.it/mailman/listinfo/visdn-hackers
