[Xitami] Mailing List vs Bulletin Board.
Josh A
xitami@lists.xitami.org
Wed, 22 Oct 2003 17:59:33 -0600
what software is used to create that archive ? I happen to be looking for
something that does exactly that for some mailing lists that I run
Thanks,
Josh
-----Original Message-----
From: Ewen McNeill <ewen@imatix.com>
To: xitami@lists.xitami.org
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2003 11:37:56 +1300
Subject: Re: [Xitami] Mailing List vs Bulletin Board.
> In message <53612@dsl.co.uk>, Brian {Hamilton Kelly} writes:
> >In message <Law15-F52XGsYp6HWVa0002559d@hotmail.com> "R O" writes:
> >> Would it be possible to have a Bulletin Board to post Xitami
> questions to?
> >
> >Your request made me realize that perhaps Usenet might be a better
> approach.
>
> I guess it's been over a year since we last went around this circle;
> and
> in that time there've been even fewer people using the Xitami support
> maliing list.
>
> FWIW:
> - there is some talk inside iMatix of setting up a web forum for
> support
> of various products (including Xitami); I'll prod some people and see
> if anything happens
>
> - Mailman (the mailing list software we use) includes support for
> gating
> to/from Usenet; so we could do that
>
> - If we wanted a "real" Usenet group (ie, likely to be carried on lots
> of servers around the world) someone would need to do the work to
> persuade people it should be created -- with less than 500
> subscribers
> to the Xitami mailing list (including inactive ones) that might be
> hard work. We could host a imatix.* Usenet hierachy, but it wouldn't
> get the same advantages people normally associate with Usenet.
>
> >There IS an archive of these mailing list posts: details are in the
> headers.
>
> You can also reach it via the URL in the footer (there's a link on that
> page).
>
> Ewen
>
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