On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 9:55 AM, Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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... > If they weren't linked, all of us ML users would never get over to the forum to help exactly the type of people that need our help. -- James Hawkins
