RE: [cobalt-users] cobalt discussion channels

[Fred Wunderlich <fwunder@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 4:22 PM -0800 2/24/00, Jeff Lasman wrote:
>
>A board is very different from a mailing list.  It's html based so it runs
>slowly (when it runs at all <wry grin>).

Doesn't have to be <why grin>. Php3/MySQL forums (like Phorum) are very
fast and quite extensive.

>It's quite public.

Doesn't have to be, if you are familiar with .htaccess, phplib or any other
creative authentication/session management routines <lips pursed, but
smiling ever so slightly>.

>A mailing
>list is quite private, and runs at the speed of my connection and email
>client.

Really? <smile with corners of mouth turned slightly downward - an oxymoron>

> I generally DO NOT use boards, and probably never will.  I find
>them too time-consuming.

Hmmmm. Maybe you need to get out more. <big Jimmy Carter grin showing lots
of teeth>

>>What I was thinking of was a chat based server something like irc.
>
>I'm sure that somewhere there are chats that take place quickly enough, and
>in orderly enough a fashion that I might use them.
>
>I've NEVER found one, though <frown>.

I agree that chats are inneffective <muttering, "chats are stupid.">, but a
forum tied to a Majordomo list (like Phorum 3.1) can be very effective
<sticking tounge out cuz I know>.

>>Any how it's upto everyone's opinion whats the best thing to do.
>
>Continue to use the mailing list.  That's my vote.  If you don't like this
>list, because it's sponsored by Cobalt, then start your own, or ask me to
>start one.  Nothing wrong with using this one, though; it's easiest to
>find, as people will always look at the cobalt site for cobalt support
>options.
>

Yeah. What he said <well, kinda sorta with a wrinkled brow>. You should use
this resource as well as the many others available on the net and you
should even invent your own. You can do it! You can do it! <corners of
mouth turned up so far they are meeting eyebrows and it hurts>

-fred