[mythtv-users] Need for a real forum?

[Jean-Rene Cormier]

On Wed, 2003-12-10 at 15:13, Joseph A. Caputo wrote:
> On Wednesday 10 December 2003 13:49, Graham Siener wrote:
> > Hello,
> > I've been a myth user for about 4 months now, and I'm very satisfied
> > and impressed with MythTV.  Lately I've been trying to delve deeper
> > by using MythMusic and MythGame, etc.  I know that a mailing list was
> > the decided form of communication, but would anyone else out there
> > prefer a real online forum?
> >
> > I'm perfectly willing (and mostly able) to host such a site, and I
> > think it would be a much more productive affair considering how
> > popular MythTV is getting these days.  I often use
> > http://www.gossamer-threads.com/archive/MythTV_C2/Users_F11/  instead
> > of the mailing list, as it is much easier to read and search.
> 
> Really?  I find it much easier & faster to search my mailbox.  But 
> you're right in that it would be nice not to have to keep old messages 
> around, not to mention having mailboxes scattered around on different 
> computers (work, home...).  Just now I searched my mailbox for a 
> message I *knew* I read in the last couple of days, and couldn't find 
> it.  After about 5 minutes of searching I realized that I'd downloaded 
> the message on my home computer, so I ssh-VNC'd over there, and voila! 
> there it was.  A PITA, though.

You should look into IMAP and maybe a webmail client to check your mail
when you're not home. I check my mail from about 4 different computers
and I have all my mail accessible from each of them. And if I'm on
someone else's computer, I can use the webmail.

Jean-Rene Cormier