[TriLUG] forum software as an alternative to email?

[Warren Myers]

I know it's a hosted solution, but Google Groups handles that quite nicely.

My $.02

WMM

On 8/15/07, Magnus <magnus at trilug.org> wrote:
>
> Jason Herr wrote:
> > If trilug is growing, why not look at using forum software for
> > communication?  Many have rss feeds, so one could read it in
> > thunderbird.   The biggest issue I've seen with mailing lists is the
> > simple organizational one.   Large groups of people are dumber then
> > small ones.  The odds of a smart-alec remark being offensive or
> > misinterpreted increases.
>
> Patience.  The mailing list software that TriLUG uses is working towards
> a 3.0 version on the horizon (no, it is not close) and one of the
> features that is being tossed around for that release is forum
> integration.  So people who want the mailing list can use the mailing
> list, but people who prefer a forum can still participate through that
> method.  And it's all the same communications delivered through two
> different methods.
>
> The old archives should likely be importable into the forum.
>
> This isn't happening *soon* but let's talk about it again next summer. :)
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