REFLECTOR: Reflector Modernization

[steve korney]

If it ain't broke, don't fix it.....

Best... Steve

> Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2008 15:04:18 -0500
> From: michalk at awpi.com
> To: reflector at tvbf.org
> Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Reflector Modernization
> 
> If the group decides to move the reflector, I strongly suggest that 
> "tvbf.org" go with it, and be maintained by the new administrator.
> 
> I registered the domain with the intent of reducing churn on all the 
> members, bookmarks, filters, etc. that people have established over the 
> years.  I also insist that the forum remain free of advertisements and 
> stay true to the charter established by the members.
> 
> 
> Richard J. Gentil wrote:
> > With all the talk about the great job Brett has done with VelocityXL I 
> > have been wondering why the group has not switched from email to a 
> > forum? (I have been meaning to mention this for ages now and this seems 
> > to be the perfect opportunity to bring it up.)
> >
> > I have been running phpBB (as an example) for just under 8 years now and 
> > it is a great way for a community to keep in touch and it is a fantastic 
> > way to build a helpful database for builders, not to mention tracking 
> > the progress of any thread. What Brett did was take every reflector 
> > email and load then into the forums. (I assume he is using the .crontab 
> > to do this automatically.) We should do the opposite.
> >
> > For people wanting to see emails, a compromise would be for the forms to 
> > send out each post as an email to the people who select the option. The 
> > only issue would be that someone wanting to reply would have to post in 
> > the forums. (But there could still be ways around that.)
> >
> > Some of the other benefits would be the option to post large pictures in 
> > the forums and not be limited to the postage stamp size pics we have now.
> >
> >  Richard
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