let's get a look at the way one can use various medias. * mailing list: -You can choose wich mailing list you receive (there is no such subscription as "all openSUSE mailing lists") -you can remove (eventually fiter to null) the threads that donc interest you -you can delete all the mails you have read (or move then to archives), but keep on the INBOX all the ones that need attention, now or two weeks later -you can sort the list(s) at will on various folders -if you rely on mailing lists archives, you can't answer to an old post, nor write to the post author (obfuscation) -there are vcarious setup of reply to that makes use of several lists difficult * news (nntp) -you don't have to load the uninteresting threads -news forums can have thousand of posts (not easy to read though) -you can subscribe or unsubscribe very easily -you can answer even to an old thread (sometime vasting your work, as nobody listen anymore) - archiving is pretty complicated - posts can be cancelled by the author, sometime removing errors, but sometime removing proofs -some server do not keep messages very long -you can dl the messages, but only if you know how to setup a nntp server * forums (BB code) - easy to read with a simple browser -threads can be arranged by moderators -initial post is it's archive, so one can read all and answer to old threads (if not closed by moderators) -very often a thread receive questions with no relation to the initial subject. opening a new subject is not as easy as in nntp or mailing lists - moderators needed, probably for a reason - openSUSE forums warn by mail when a change is made, and the mail include the forum message, allowing archiving (good) -one can't really follow only one kind of subject, forum are global, even sub language forums are *sub* (very annoyng) -it's difficult to mark a hole forum "read" -much space wasted on the page (but it's a css problem, could be easily solved) jdd -- http://www.dodin.net http://www.facebook.com/pages/I-support-the-Linux-Documentation-Project/3720... http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-fan-page-of-Claire-Dodin/106485119372062?v... -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-project+help@opensuse.org