why no forums?

[Joe]

I think having both is great.  Personally, I don't get to website forums 
very often.  I like getting the emails because they "prompt" me to read 
them and respond.  I usually only go to websites when I have a question 
to post.  Websites are also really handy for searching through archives.

Joe

John Seth wrote:

> green_man wrote:
>
>>
>> John Seth wrote, On 05/27/05 5:22 PM:
>>
>>> I've been pondering that myself in some respects.  I keep some of 
>>> the messages from the list and could archive them to the web, but 
>>> it's not a true mailing list archive.
>>>
>>> I have mailman running on my system archiving another mailing list, 
>>> which is handy and easier to manage.  Since the mailinglist runs 
>>> majordomo, I'm not sure if there's an easy program I can run to make 
>>> archives of email posted to the list.  I know there's one called 
>>> Majorcool, though, I believe both the web gui and the majordomo 
>>> software have to be on the same machine for it to work.
>>>
>>> I can't archive old msg's other than the one's I've kept, but if 
>>> someone else knows how to grab incoming email and archive it for web 
>>> perusal, I'll gladly redirect my incoming NFLUG email into that 
>>> archive.
>>>
>>> AS far as forums and email, yes... there will always be two 
>>> resources in such situations.  Then again, looking at it from 
>>> another perspective, there's hundreds of thousands of resources now, 
>>> what's one more? lol. Personally, I like email lists since I can 
>>> often get faster responses to issues I have.  On the other hand, I 
>>> like forums cuz they don't fill up my inbox.  There's two sides to 
>>> every story, and I have no intention of interfering or causing 
>>> issues with the mailing list.  I think I've been a member for around 
>>> 3-4 years now, it's a great place with great people.
>>>
>>> --  Tony Evans
>>>
>>>
>> Tony - Here is a qoute from Darin's post of 05/10/05, entitled "out 
>> of the office".
>>
>> [BEGIN QUOTE]
>>
>>>
>>> when i get back i'll be moving the site and email list to a 
>>> dedicated server. the plan is to migrate from majordomo to mailman 
>>> and eventually use mamboserver or one of the nukes to manage the 
>>> sites content and hand that off to someone, any volunteers. 
>>
>>
>>
>>> Darin Perusich
>>> Unix Systems Administrator
>>> Cognigen Corp.
>>> darinper at cognigencorp.com
>>
>>
>>
>> [END QUOTE]
>>
>> I am no mail admin or web admin, but it sounds to me like you might 
>> have a start on what Darin hopes to accomplish. ;-)
>> Darin said he would return JUNE 8th. I think you should contact him.
>>
>> Regarding the site, I think it's great to have an additional resource 
>> available. I generally have quicker and more useful responses from 
>> the NFLUG list than from any of the several user forums I'm in, but 
>> judging by the traffic volume of the NFLUG list, it would allow us to 
>> share the wealth of knowledge and experience that is NFLUG with Linux 
>> users through out the web. One thing that comes immediately to mind 
>> is the "Mozilla Questions" messages lately. I find that replies are 
>> slower to come in the Mozillazine forums than they are in the Knoppix 
>> forums, though I bet there are more people that use Gecko based 
>> browsers than there are that use Knoppix.
>>
>> I'm going to start collecting links to all the live linux CD's I've 
>> tested out, to submit to the site. I think that live linux is a great 
>> painless way to expose Windows users, and will be one of the paths to 
>> the "Great Linux Desktop Migration" to come.
>>
>
> Hmmm... You've got one volunteer here who is willing to help in any 
> way he can. The question that comes to mind is, should Darrin update 
> the NFLUG.org website to another dedicated server, setup Mambo, or 
> another CMS, update to Mailman, etc... will there be a charge to 
> whomever he hands the site over to for hosting if he steps down or 
> away ? I'm sure there are a number of us who can host and willing to 
> do so for free, myself included.
>
> I already have Mailman up and running, and I think with some minor 
> tinkering I could get it to use NFLUG.com or .org.  If the general 
> list wanted, and Darrin wanted to do so, simply redirect NFLUG.org to 
> my box and I could manage DNS to point to the .com site.
>
> In the NFLUG.com website, I have attempted to update the Web Links 
> section with all the active distro's of linux I could find, major 
> distro's and mini distro's, ie: live cd's/floppy distro's.  I'm sure 
> there are more, so feel free to update that list too... any registered 
> member can suggest news, links, downloads, etc.  If members can't do 
> something and feel it would be beneficial, just let me know.
>
> Just ideas to toss around...
>
> - Tony
>

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