Mailing list -> forum (was: Re: [ODE] list archive broken)
William Denniss
william.denniss at omegadelta.net
Wed Sep 8 23:06:19 MST 2004
Google: 'my question site:q12.org'
E.g.
http://www.google.com/search?q=transform+site:q12.org&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF
-8&start=90&sa=N
Works for me...
Will.
On 08/09/2004, at 10:34 PM, Graham Fyffe wrote:
>
> Personally, all I want is to be able to search the archive. I mean,
> search it without having to download 70 gzip files or a mailbox file.
> Either have a web based search interface, or an email based search
> interface, I don't care :) All those old messages are wasted,
> currently, as there is no obvious way to search them.
>
> - Graham Fyffe
> president, Happy Digital
>
>
>>
>> I personally don't use forums - I like having new mail delivered,
>> rather
>> than having to continually seek out new posts on a web page. Saying
> that, I
>> could live with a hybrid approach.
>> --
>> gl
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Mike Reinstein" <web_fella at hotmail.com>
>> To: <Barog at pineapple-interactive.com>; <Ode at q12.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2004 12:19 AM
>> Subject: RE: Mailing list -> forum (was: Re: [ODE] list archive
>> broken)
>>
>>
>>> I would like to take this opportuunity to add my 2 cents.
>>>
>>> Forum software can easily be modified to get the best of both
>>> worlds...phpbb already has topic reply notification capabilities
> that will
>>> email people watching the thread. This could be extended to have the
>>> forums send the content of the posts in much the same way they are
> being
>>> sent by the mailing list. This has several beneficial consequences:
>>>
>>> a) it provides a much, much nicer interface for storing answers to
> these
>>> issues that come up
>>> b) it provides a way to partition issues by category, and thereby
>>> improving data retrieval later
>>> c) it saves bandwidth, by partitioning traffic by category (Joe
> Schmoe may
>>> not be interested in build related issues, and can set his forum
> acct up
>>> to only forward topic replies for posts in the DirectX or OpenGL ODE
>>> related categories)
>>>
>>>
>>> One of my my responsibilities at work involves acting as sole
> maintainer
>>> of both mail lists and forums. I've found this system to work quite
> well,
>>> in that it solved a variety of issues various people have brought up.
>>>
>>> Let me know what you folks think :)
>>>
>>> Mike
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> >From: "Simon Barratt"
>>> <Barog at pineapple-interactive.com>
>>> >To: <Ode at q12.org>
>>> >Subject: RE: Mailing list -> forum (was: Re: [ODE] list
>>> archive
>>> broken)
>>> >Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2004 20:27:48 +0100
>>> >
>>> >I'd rather we just have two mailing lists.. One kind of
> ode-devel and
>>> one just 'ode'..
>>> >Then development matters / techy discussion can go on and the
> helpful
>>> people can help newbies to ODE in the general one.
>>> >
>>> >Though I'm never likely to be as active as Jon I agree that I go
>>> to
>>> forums less than I read each mail coming in the inbox :)
>>> >
>>> >Simon
>>> >
>>> >-----Original Message-----
>>> >From: ode-bounces at q12.org [mailto:ode-bounces at q12.org] On Behalf
>>> Of
>>> Jon Watte
>>> >Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2004 7:26 PM
>>> >To: Ode at Q12. Org
>>> >Subject: RE: Mailing list -> forum (was: Re: [ODE] list
>>> archive
>>> broken)
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >A forum, you have to GO TO.
>>> >A mailing list, you get in your inbox.
>>> >I would be (much) less active on a forum.
>>> >
>>> >Cheers,
>>> >
>>> > / h+
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >-----Original Message-----
>>> >From: ode-bounces at q12.org [mailto:ode-bounces at q12.org]On Behalf
>>> Of
>>> adrianotiger
>>> >Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2004 7:37 AM
>>> >To: ode at q12.org
>>> >Subject: Re: Mailing list -> forum (was: Re: [ODE] list
>>> archive
>>> broken)
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >Forum is easy to set up....
>>> >Mails can't do more than a forum...
>>> >I made a forum for ODE as example on:
>>> >http://ode.petrucci.ch/
>>> >
>>> >If Russell wan't made one, you can use this... I have enough
>>> space
>>> (100MB) should be enough, and the server is fast :D
>>> >
>>> >Bye, Adriano
>>> >
>>> >PS: The forum was set up in 30minutes, it is only to show that a
> Forum
>>> is easy to use and more efficient to search something, because it has
>>> differents section, and every section is ordered by date (like
>>> emails).
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >----- Original Message -----
>>> >From: "Vrej Melkonian" <vmelkon at yahoo.com>
>>> >To: <ode at q12.org>
>>> >Sent: Tuesday, September 07, 2004 3:31 PM
>>> >Subject: Re: Mailing list -> forum (was: Re: [ODE] list
>>> archive
>>> broken)
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > > That's true. Why isn't a forum used. phpbb or whatever.
>>> > >
>>> > > --- Amund Børsand <amund at offroad.no> wrote:
>>> > >
>>> > > >
>>> > > > I have mentioned this before, but I'd like to cast my
> vote
>>> again. I
>>> > > > think a forum would be much better, it could be split
>>> in
>>> let's say a
>>> > > > newbie section, a "normal" section and a ODE
>>> internals section. I am
>>> > > > quite frustrated with this mailing list, going on and
> off
>>> it,
>>> > > > because I am tired of getting so much mail where only
> 1% is
>>> > > > interesting, also my questions seem to disappear
>>> quickly
>>> and remain
>>> > > > unanswered. In a forum they might stay visible for
> someone
>>> to cast
>>> > > > their love upon it? :)
>>> > > >
>>> > > > - Amund
>>> > > >
>>> > > >
>>> > > > "Adriano Petrucci"
>>> <adrianotiger at hotmail.com>
>>> > > > skreiv:
>>> > > >
>>> > > > > What's about a Forum?
>>> > > > > Messages are saved and you can easly find them,
>>> > > > there are also much more
>>> > > > > options than mailing-lists...
>>> > > > >
>>> > > > > I can open one on my server, if it is not
>>> possible
>>> > > > on the ODE server :)
>>> > > > >
>>> > > > > Bye, Adriano
>>> > > > >
>>> > > > > ----- Original Message -----
>>> > > > > From: "John Miles"
>>> <jmiles at pop.net>
>>> > > > > To: <ode at q12.org>
>>> > > > > Sent: Monday, September 06, 2004 5:45 PM
>>> > > > > Subject: RE: [ODE] list archive broken
>>> > > > >
>>> > > > >
>>> > > > > > It has never worked, as far as I'm aware.
>>> I've
>>> > > > reported it a couple of
>>> > > > > > times.
>>> > > > > >
>>> > > > > > -- jm
>>> > > > > >
>>> > > > > >
>>> > > > > > > Hi there I just subscribed to the list
> and I
>>> > > > wanted to download
>>> > > > > > > the full archive
>>> > > > > > > but the link on the page
>>> > > > > > >
> (http://q12.org/pipermail/ode.mbox/ode.mbox)
>>> > > > gives a
>>> > > > > > > 500 internal server error
>>> > > > > > >
>>> > > > _______________________________________________
>>> > > > > > > ODE mailing list
>>> > > > > > > ODE at q12.org
>>> > > > > > > http://q12.org/mailman/listinfo/ode
>>> > > > > > >
>>> > > > > >
>>> > > > > >
>>> _______________________________________________
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>>> > > > > > ODE at q12.org
>>> > > > > > http://q12.org/mailman/listinfo/ode
>>> > > > > >
>>> > > > > _______________________________________________
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>>> > > > > ODE at q12.org
>>> > > > > http://q12.org/mailman/listinfo/ode
>>> > > >
>>> > > > --
>>> > > > Amund Børsand <amund £ offroad . no>
>>> > > >
>>> > > >
>>> > > > _______________________________________________
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>>> > > >
>>> > >
>>> > >
>>> > >
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