On Sun, 2013-05-19 at 05:25 +0200, Bardur Arantsson wrote: > a) Use a mail reader which can actually handle a larger mail volume more > sanely. (Filters, or a mail reader which can "kill" threads so that you > don't receive future replies on a given thread, etc.) > > b) Use Gmane.org to give you an NNTP interface to mailing lists and use > a news reader -- high-volume lists is what NTTP and news readers were > meant for. (I'm using Thunderbird.) It's trivial to set up and > effortlessly lets you follow along in lots and lots of mailing lists > without having to set up any mail client magic. Ok, this time I won't reply off-list. Remember the systemd flame war. Some discussions simply don't belong to Arch general. Even some questions don't belong to this list, e.g. "How can I use dd to backup my Windows?", "Can anybody recommend a good USB coffee cup warming plate?". A _user_ mailing list for similar questions and subjective discussions _must_ be separated from Arch general. > > On the other side, a forum allows you to focus on the discussions you > > really care about, and you can just ignore the irrelevant threads. > > You still have to actively go to the specific Arch forums to keep up > with replies, etc. There's no unified "show me everything new in all the > forums I'm a member of" page where I can go to keep up. > > That's a much bigger problem for many mail-oriented users than setting > up a filter or two. Setting up filters is a good idea, when having a _user_ list with threads that don't belong to Arch general. When using a forum, you can't easily post using a MUA, you need to use the online form. For good reasons Arch general is a moderated list. If you take a look at the archive, you can see the advantage. The disadvantage is, that for dumb questions a user list is missing, but users sometimes need to ask dumb questions, take a look at e.g. Ubuntu or Debian mailing lists. Regards, Ralf
