RE: Phorum help for contribs.org

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ed Form [mailto:[email protected]] 
> Sent: dinsdag 9 december 2003 10:13
> To: Jeff Coleman; [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [e-smith-devinfo] Phorum help for contribs.org
> 
> 
> Jeff Coleman wrote:
> 
> >>> We would like to figure out how to enable subscriptions to
> >>> the forums via email, and to have replies to a specific post
> >>> sent via email. Both of these options were enabled at Mitel,
> >>> but I can't figure out how. :<
> >> 
> >> Change them to be the same as Devinfo.
> >> 
> >> Ed Form
> > 
> > Ed,
> > 
> > Devinfo is a mailing list.  The forums are essentially a BBS. 
> > Not the same animal as far as email goes.
> > 
> > Thanks for the quick input.
> 
> You miss the point, Jeff. BBS is a messy anachronism. Use a 
> mailing list.

I always felt that the Mitel phorum + mail system was much cleaner.
Messages on a mailing list tend to become unreadable beause of the
numerous levels of quotes. This message is a prime example of what I
mean :-) On a bbs you must deliberately add a quote, whereas on a
mailing lists people are quite often just too lazy to remove the
irrelevant text. 

The other thing is that on mailing lists threads get broken if a writer
changes the subject. This makes it very difficult to trace back an
interesting thread. On a BBS threads remain neatly grouped, regardless
of the subject.

In other words, I'd love to see the old phorum + mail system back in
place.

Michiel

> 
> Ed Form
> 
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