Re: phpbb for lists.debian.org
On Tue, 8 Mar 2005 11:48:45 -0500, Billy Pilgrim <bpilgrim1979@gmail.com> wrote:
> Could lists.debian.org be served with phpbb instead of email lists?
Probably, but I for one would stop reading or posting to it.
> For one, emails addresses are currently exposed for spam harvesting.
Between the spam filtering that gets done by lists.debian.org and the
spam filtering that Gmail does for you, I wouldn't have thought this
would be a problem. I'd guess that you've got a bunch of invitations
for Gmail -- do what I did and set up a separate Gmail account for
mailing lists.
> And two, phpbb is much better for archiving, searching, etc. See
> mozilla forums, OOo forums, etc, etc, etc.
Can't stand the interface, and that's just for searching/reading.
With email, I can make the interface look the way I'd like it to look.
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Michael A. Marsh
http://www.umiacs.umd.edu/~mmarsh
http://mamarsh.blogspot.com
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