> > Mailing lists are searchable, but harder than a forum to search.
> > Forums let you search by any of text, title, author, date, category,
>
> Ok, that sounds nice.
>
> The 'category' thing sounds tricky to implement on top of a mailing
> list (as I would like it)...
Yes, categories are nice.
>
Lots of forums support RSS, and you can "subscribe" to a topic - two
ways for forum posts to come to you.
There are lots of people who prefer forums. Everything seems so much
easier to me with a proper modern forum. There is so much that's just
impossible on a mailing list.
Mailing lists are sear
For Wine, stickies would be useful for questions that keep getting
asked very frequently. Asnwer it once then sticky it. That way others
thinking of asking the same question will see the stick instead for
weeks, months to come - until you decide there are too many stickies
and unstick it.
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