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 at centos.org > [mailto:centos-bounces at 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 at 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 at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos