[Wolves] Badly in need of a forum?

[mad-malc at tiscali.co.uk]

I just think it's about one of the most inefficient methods of solving problems
that should be placed on a forum, a mailing list ought to be just that, a
place where mail is sent of general interest. then you do not get quite so
many mailings turning into threads in the first place. 

Mad Malc 

>-- Original Message --
>Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 20:06:45 +0100
>From: Steve Parkes <sparkes at westmids.biz>
>To: Wolverhampton Linux User Group <wolves at mailman.lug.org.uk>
>Subject: Re: [Wolves] Badly in need of a forum?
>Reply-To: Wolverhampton Linux User Group <wolves at mailman.lug.org.uk>
>
>
>Mad Malc wrote:
>
>> Hi, just the 67 email messages so far today from wolveslug members, 
>> some of them are clearly developing into threads, so when is the 
>> forum/chatroom to be launched?
>
>forum never, chatroom if you mean irc try #wolveslug on freenode but you
>
>are more likely to catch lug members in #lugradio
>
>> Otherwise should the lug membership increase, the emails might take on
>
>> the proportions of SPAM!
>
>67 messages is not close to the lug record.  Spam is unsolicited mail, 
>mailing lists are not.
>
>>
>>
>> Mad Malc
>
>I have a theory that every Xth person to join a mailing list attempts to
>
>subvert the way the list works by introducing the idea of a web forum. 

>Thank you for taking part in my survey I will get back to you with the 
>results in due course.
>
>Forums are balls, check the archives or google for hundreds of reasons.
>
>sparkes - who hates forums ;-)
>
>
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