[plug] Forum Software

[Mark J Gaynor]

I would support the idea of a gateway as well, we need to cater to both
camps.

Most forums only that I have seen fail in their mission over time if they
are
not managed well.

Mark
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On 24/07/2007 at 6:18 PM Patrick Coleman wrote:

>On 7/24/07, Adrian Woodley <Adrian at diskworld.com.au> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Cameron Patrick wrote:
>> >
>> > The suggestion from Pia last night went something like this: "newbies
>do
>> > web pages and not e-mail, we need to be friendly to newbies, therefore
>> > we should set up forums".  This was, er, not universally
>well-received...
>> >
>> In the interest of fairness, it was not universally poorly-received
>> either...
>
>The impression that I got was that the forum was definitely going to
>exist in addition to the mailing list. I personally think a mail-forum
>gateway would be the best way of catering to both audiences, if it
>works well.
>
>-Patrick
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