Ralph Angenendt wrote: > Tim Verhoeven wrote: >> As far as I can see requirements for the forum, it looks ok. Only the >> email gateway to a mailinglist is not really there, but there is a >> nice forum to RSS gateway which the none-forum lovers may a usable >> alternative. > > After doing lots of thinking on that topic, I don't even think that > gating forum and mailing lists is such a good idea anymore, as you > really are catering to two completely different mindsets of people. > But the differences are in how/when they access, not so much the content of the questions or answers. These guys seem to do a pretty good job at running forums with gateways to existing mailling lists with threads mostly staying together: http://www.backupcentral.com/phpBB2/. I'm on the backuppc mail list and don't see any difference if someone posts on the forum instead. -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell at gmail.com