Re: The first dedicated PostgreSQL forum

From: Craig Ringer <craig(at)postnewspapers(dot)com(dot)au>
To: Thom Brown <thom(at)linux(dot)com>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Rich Shepard <rshepard(at)appl-ecosys(dot)com>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: The first dedicated PostgreSQL forum
Date: 2010-11-14 00:33:39
Message-ID: 4CDF2E63.90906@postnewspapers.com.au
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On 11/14/2010 03:13 AM, Thom Brown wrote:

> It's a shame that a forum can't act as a front-end for a mailing list,
> so signing up to the forum actually signs you up to a mailing list (if
> you're not already signed up), but without receiving any emails.
> Messages posted to the forum would get sent to the list, and vice
> versa. And such a system would need to support cross-posting too somehow.

It can. The glassfish forums are bidirectionally gatewayed to the
mailing list in just such a manner, and it works astonishingly well.
Before using those I would've been opposed to the idea, but now ... it
doesn't seem so bad.

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Craig Ringer

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