On Thu, 2010-06-03 at 09:52 +0200, News123 wrote: > > I would like to let the community know that there is a new web-based > > forum for Python enthusiasts over at PythonForum.org (http:// > > pythonforum.org). Web-based forums is a preferred method by Python > > newcomers to get help in exploring the world of Python and programming > > overall. The main goal of PythonForum.org is to popularize Python by > > welcoming all newcomers. Recently the forum got "attacked" with > > questions by users just starting out with Python. I hope here will be > > someone ready to welcome and help newcomers to enter the beautiful > > world of Python. > I fully agree with the feedback, that creating a new forum is not such > an excellent idea. currently the critical mass seems to be here and I > appreciate this a lot. > However, whether we like it or not: > Fewer and fewer newcomers are willing, knowledgable, aware of nntp
So? NNTP is the living dead. Time to let it go. Most people use this list via e-mail, which everyone has access to and knows how to use. The best solution I've seen is what is used by the Mono project; which provides both a "web forum" and a mail list interface. <http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-list> <http://go-mono.com/forums/> It works very well; and everyone [except the 3 or 4 NNTP hold outs] are happy. -- Adam Tauno Williams <awill...@whitemice.org> LPIC-1, Novell CLA <http://www.whitemiceconsulting.com> OpenGroupware, Cyrus IMAPd, Postfix, OpenLDAP, Samba -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
