On Tue, 2009-07-28 at 12:29 +0100, Mike Cardwell wrote: > Jari Fredriksson wrote: > > Snoweb wrote: > > >> I don't know about anyone else, but I'm getting a bit > >> hacked of with this 1980's style forum. I'm trying to get > >> to the bottom of an SA issue and this list/forum thing is > >> giving me a bigger headache than SA! > >> > >> Spamassassin has more than one or two users now and I > >> personally think that it should have a support forum to > >> match the class of software, which is now world class. > >> > >> I know it's free and all that, but even so, if this is > >> the only form of support they provide, I'm thinking that > >> I'll just start an alternative support forum, using > >> standard, full featured forum software (like SMF). > >> > >> Is there any support for this (I already know there will > >> be opposition from those who are 'resident' here. Sorry > >> guys, I just want do something to help those who just > >> dive in when they have an urgent problem. No hard > >> feelings I hope.) > >> > >> Peter Snow > > > > SMF is not a standard. Email is a standard, or at least some RFC's. > > > > I have no plans for browsing some website for this. A mailing list is free, > > push type service, which I prefer. > > Mailing lists are much better. I'm signed up for a couple of dozen > mailing lists and they pretty much all work exactly the same. I don't > want to learn a couple of dozen different types of web based forum software. > > When I send a message to a mailing list, it gets pushed out to the > mailboxes of everyone who is a member, and when they respond I get an > almost immediate response in my mailbox. Far more efficient than forum > software.
I have to agree... As long as you register as a member of the mailing list and (optionally) filter the mail into specific folders/directories for each mailing list and (importantly) use a decent email client such as Mutt or Thunderbird or Evolution which enables proper threading, then mailing lists are extremely efficient and effective. I am a member of several technical mailing lists of which this is one. All work in the same way, all are very effective. Some have more helpful people than others - but this one I would say has some of the most helpful (if not always the most tolerant) folks of any of them. Set up your mail delivery system, set up your mail client, subscribe and enjoy...
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