[mythtv-users] Support via email group versus forum??

[Stephen Worthington]

On Sun, 5 Feb 2017 11:51:01 +0000, you wrote:

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>On 02/05/2017 06:37 AM, Mark Perkins wrote:
>> On 5 February 2017 9:39:07 PM Jim Abernathy <jfabernathy at outlook.com> wrote:
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>>> I have used both this email list and the mythtv forum for help with my
>>> Mythtv questions.  Why is one used versus another?  I find the nature of
>>> email and email clients to make a lot of the thread here almost
>>> unfollowable.  The forum controls the threads much better.
>>>
>>> I also know that I can't get some questions answered in the forum.
>>> That's why I found the email list.
>>>
>>> Can someone explain this to me??
>>>
>>> Jim A
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>> I doubt that there will be a single explanation. Some will just prefer one
>> over the other. Personally I have signed up to the forums but haven't
>> logged in there for probably a year now. On the infrequent times I post or
>> reply the email mechanism just works better for me so that's what I do.
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>I've noticed on the email list a lot of complaints by the experts that 
>too many people top post or generate new emails instead of replying to 
>the original post.  This is avoidable by use of a forum.  It's also 
>easier to organize forum topics for later research.
>
>As someone who has been programming computers since 1969, I find it 
>funny, that an old fart like me prefers the "newer" technology of forums 
>over email. :-)
>
>Jim A

It sounds like you just need a better email client.  One that does
threading automatically.  Following threads is a nightmare with a
non-threading client.