[mythtv-users] Need for a real forum?

Jean-Rene Cormier jrc at vgmidi.com
Thu Dec 11 06:55:43 EST 2003


On Wed, 2003-12-10 at 16:15, Joseph A. Caputo wrote:
> 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.
> 

Like some people said, setup your computer at home with Postfix,
Courier-IMAP, Fetchmail and SquirrelMail and store your mail there. From
what you said, it's always online since you ssh-VNC on it from work.
This way you'll have full control on your mail server so you can setup
filters the way you want, I have a mailbox for each mailing list I'm in
and it works great. Also no ISP is gonna give you 1Gb+ mailboxes ;)

Jean-Rene Cormier




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