On Thursday 20 March 2008, Paul Johnson wrote: > On Thursday 20 March 2008 04:13:13 am Darragh Bailey wrote: > > I've noticed that in certain cases the header "In-Reply-to" doesn't > > get set by the mail2forum software. Why that happens though I > > haven't spotted. > > > > I did notice that this message was posted twice, so perhaps > > mail2forum is not working correctly if the user set's the subject > > in the forum post when replying and instead creates a new topic > > with that subject. > > With all the trouble this causes, I really have to wonder what the > point of a forum is when just a mailing list with a more traditional > archive a-la Debian's lists get the job done with fewer problems and > less headaches for ALL involved instead of just the bottom 5%... I can see why forums exist - n00bs like them, it's a familiar interface in a browser and the fact that it's about a gazillion times slower and harder to work than an archived mailing list is lost on them. Well, that's just the way that is. Mailing lists - we know 'em and love 'em. Nuff said. The bit I don't get is interfacing the two. It's like interfacing a brothel with a sex-education class - superficially similar but when you look closer you see they actually have nothing in common... -- Alan McKinnon alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com
