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

[John Pilkington]

On 06/02/17 16:01, Stuart Auchterlonie wrote:
> On 05/02/17 14:11, John Pilkington wrote:
>> On 05/02/17 13:27, Stephen Worthington wrote:
>>> On Sun, 5 Feb 2017 11:51:01 +0000, you wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 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:
>>>>>
>>>>>> 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.
>>>>>
>>>> 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.
>>
>> No-one has mentioned the searchable mail archive, which I find has now
>> become
>>
>> https://lists.gt.net/mythtv/
>
> Surely you mean our own list archive at
> http://lists.mythtv.org ??
>

Well, that's obviously the 'correct' suggestion.  In the past I've found 
the gossamer offering easier to use - but I haven't looked at either 
site 'recently'.  A quick search is certainly preferable to posting at 
the first sight of a problem.

>
> Regards
> Stuart
>
>
>>
>> The appearance has changed since I last looked, but the 'advanced
>> search' tool is great for questions that, like most, may not be right at
>> the cutting edge.  But there, too, following threads with a mix of top
>> and bottom posting is still a nightmare.
>>
>> John P