I actually DO subscribe to this list via gmail. However, I seldom bother doing so through webmail, because I like my information to come to me, rather than spending my time logging on, waiting for pages to refresh, etc.
I have long experience in group communication and on-line knowledge accumulation (see, for example, http://www.deepwoods.com/transform/pubs/Community.htm). My focus has always been on the ease and efficiency with which individuals share knowledge with their peers ("the rising tide lifts all boats"). My experience with RHEL/CentOS is not as deep, and I'm eager to learn. I'd just like to help bridge the gap that--to my observation--impedes knowledge transfer.
--Carol Anne
-----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces@centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On Behalf Of Bart Schaefer Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2008 8:31 PM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] OT: Top Posting
On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 5:53 PM, Carol Anne Ogdin caogdin@gmail.com wrote:
I find the entire USENET and eMail list thing utterly antediluvian, and wicked hard to use. Often, I can only barely remember that *maybe* something relevant was discussed months ago, but is now relevant to my current issue today. A "forum" is more
practical as a
tool for building a collective knowledge of the CentOS community. This eMail list just doesn't cut it for a "knowledge base"
built up of our collective experience.
Get yourself a gmail account and subscribe this list to it. The threaded presentation goes a long way, and a few additional minutes with the label setup tool can practically create your own personal forum layout, and if there are only a few things to catch up on you can quickly scan them under "All Mail" rather than having to check each of the different categories separately.
I read nearly all my email lists in gmail now ... but, increasingly, email user agents like Thunderbird have similar features if you don't like a web interface (which given your attraction to forums is probably not an issue). _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos