[mythtv-users] Need for a real forum?

Joseph A. Caputo jcaputo1 at comcast.net
Wed Dec 10 15:15:59 EST 2003


On Wednesday 10 December 2003 14:44, Jean-Rene Cormier wrote:
> On Wed, 2003-12-10 at 15:13, Joseph A. Caputo wrote:
> > On Wednesday 10 December 2003 13:49, Graham Siener wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > > I've been a myth user for about 4 months now, and I'm very
> > > satisfied and impressed with MythTV.  Lately I've been trying to
> > > delve deeper by using MythMusic and MythGame, etc.  I know that a
> > > mailing list was the decided form of communication, but would
> > > anyone else out there prefer a real online forum?
> > >
> > > I'm perfectly willing (and mostly able) to host such a site, and
> > > I think it would be a much more productive affair considering how
> > > popular MythTV is getting these days.  I often use
> > > http://www.gossamer-threads.com/archive/MythTV_C2/Users_F11/ 
> > > instead of the mailing list, as it is much easier to read and
> > > search.
> >
> > Really?  I find it much easier & faster to search my mailbox.  But
> > you're right in that it would be nice not to have to keep old
> > messages around, not to mention having mailboxes scattered around
> > on different computers (work, home...).  Just now I searched my
> > mailbox for a message I *knew* I read in the last couple of days,
> > and couldn't find it.  After about 5 minutes of searching I
> > realized that I'd downloaded the message on my home computer, so I
> > ssh-VNC'd over there, and voila! there it was.  A PITA, though.
>
> You should look into IMAP and maybe a webmail client to check your
> mail when you're not home. I check my mail from about 4 different
> computers and I have all my mail accessible from each of them. And if
> I'm on someone else's computer, I can use the webmail.
>
> Jean-Rene Cormier

That would be nice if I had control over my mail server.  Comcast 
doesn't give me a choice -- POP3 only.  They have a webmail interface, 
but I *hate* webmail.  I only use it when I'm on a 'temporary' 
computer.  I use a real mail client on my 2 main PCs: work & home.

-JAC



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