Re: Some thoughts about this mailing list

[Geoff Smith <spammealot1@...>]

point 6 In favour of a forum format I forgot to mention earlier

6) If you make a mistake in a forum posting or omit something, you can easily go back in later and correct it, rather than having to post a later confusing correction like this email.  In this mailing list a mistake remains forever !

Geoff

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From: lua-l-bounces@lists.lua.org <lua-l-bounces@lists.lua.org> on behalf of Geoff Smith <spammealot1@live.co.uk>
Sent: 08 November 2016 13:20:23
To: Lua mailing list
Subject: Some thoughts about this mailing list

 

Hi

Sorry to complain folks, but one of the things I dislike about the Lua community is the reliance on this out dated mailing list format for discussing Lua.

I was reminded about it again today with 2 msgs I received, one was discussing how Yahoo users are now getting flagged as spam, and also a weird msg I got from

lua-l-bounces+670184d2a3b7b4bda5cd0ccbf10e30a75d072006@lists.lua.org , telling me I had lost messages due to several mail bounces (I am not a Yahoo user).

Why I am losing messages I have no idea.

In my opinion it would be so much better to move to a message board format. Here are a couple of Python examples

http://www.python-forum.org/, http://python-forum.io/.

I would cite the following arguments for it.

1) I dont want to have to filter out Lua messages from my personal Emails, so I had to create a new mail account solely for this Lua List. Why should I need to do this ?
2) The message board format, is more aesthetic and pleasing on the eye to browse through.
3) Searching old messages is easier with a proper message board
4) Reading code snippets in this mailing  list is hard due to the screwed up html formatting. Custom code paste options in message boards solve this problem and make reading code so much better.
5) A minor point granted, but I would much prefer instantly clicking on a html link to read messages than the current irritation of having to log out of my personal email account and log in to my Lua mail account.

I cant think of any arguments against a message board format, apart from it would take some time and effort to set this up. I would be interested to hear other peoples opinions about this and why it hasnt already happened ? Am I in the minority with this point of view ?

Regards Geoff