[Social] administrivia: web forum interface

[Peter Saint-Andre]

BTW, those of you who prefer web forums to old-fashioned email lists
might be happy to know that this list is now accessible via a web forum
interface:

http://www.jabberforum.org/forumdisplay.php?f=26

Thanks to Florian Jensen for setting this up!

Peter

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[Dag]

Thanks for making it a forum.

[Peter Saint-Andre]

On 05/12/2008 11:34 AM, JabberForum wrote:
> Thanks for making it a forum.

We AIM to please. ;-)

Peter

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[florian]

On 05/12/2008 11:34 AM, JabberForum wrote:
> Thanks for making it a forum.

We AIM to please. ;-)

Peter

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You said it :)

[Etan Reisner]

On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 08:22:17PM +0200, JabberForum wrote:
> Peter Saint-Andre;89 Wrote:
> > On 05/12/2008 11:34 AM, JabberForum wrote:
> > > Thanks for making it a forum.
<snip>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> florian's Profile: http://www.jabberforum.org/member.php?userid=1
> View this thread: http://www.jabberforum.org/showthread.php?t=23

Would it be possible to get the poster's name put in the From header so
that we don't get silly things like an extended conversation between Forum
users showing up in an inbox as one user talking to themselves? And to
avoid the confusion involved in multiple levels of quoting, as in the
above quoted snippet in which it is impossible to tell that the first
poster was not the third poster.

-Etan

[Florian Jensen]

Hi,

we wanted to use real from before, with E-mail adresses, but then we
noticed that not every forum user is registered on this mailinglist, so
it would defeat the idea of having the integration.

BUT: The poster's name is written at the bottom of the message. With the
quotes, you have Peter Saint Andre wrote for example.

Greets,

Florian Jensen

[Peter Saint-Andre]

On 05/12/2008 12:42 PM, Florian Jensen wrote:
> Hi,
>
> we wanted to use real from before, with E-mail adresses, but then we
> noticed that not every forum user is registered on this mailinglist, so
> it would defeat the idea of having the integration.

Well, we could force every forum user to be subscribed -- at that point,
the forum is simply an alternative interface to the list.

Peter

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[Florian Jensen]

Peter Saint-Andre wrote:
> Well, we could force every forum user to be subscribed -- at that point,
> the forum is simply an alternative interface to the list.
>
> Peter
>
Well, thats a bit complicated. I'll try to get the From: name sorted out.

Florian Jensen

[Etan Reisner]

On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 12:58:38PM -0600, Peter Saint-Andre wrote:
<snip>
> Well, we could force every forum user to be subscribed -- at that point,
> the forum is simply an alternative interface to the list.
>
> Peter

I don't think forcing people to receive mail to use the forum interface is
a good idea, especially not if simply using the forum interface
automagically signs them up for the mailing list.

I really just want to be able to track threads the way I normally can and
would like to avoid snipped conversations from getting incredibly
confusing as to who said what bit of quoted text.

-Etan

[Peter Saint-Andre]

On 05/12/2008 12:50 PM, Etan Reisner wrote:
> On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 12:58:38PM -0600, Peter Saint-Andre wrote:
> <snip>
>> Well, we could force every forum user to be subscribed -- at that point,
>> the forum is simply an alternative interface to the list.
>>
>> Peter
>
> I don't think forcing people to receive mail to use the forum interface is
> a good idea, especially not if simply using the forum interface
> automagically signs them up for the mailing list.

You don't need to receive mail, you just need to be subscribed (since
you can set your mailman prefs to "nomail"). That's what we currently do
via Gmane.

> I really just want to be able to track threads the way I normally can and
> would like to avoid snipped conversations from getting incredibly
> confusing as to who said what bit of quoted text.

Yes, that seems suboptimal.

Peter

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[Remko Tronçon]

> we wanted to use real from before, with E-mail adresses, but then we
> noticed that not every forum user is registered on this mailinglist, so it
> would defeat the idea of having the integration.

So, what's wrong with putting the real name in the from, and using the
jabberforum mail address as address? Like
"Remko Tronçon <list-social (AT) jabberforum (DOT) org>"

cheers,
Remko

[Florian Jensen]

That would be the perfect solution. But the Gateway we use, doesn't
offer this option (officially). So I am browsing the board for the
username variable, but no luck yet.

Greets,

Florian Jensen

Remko Tronçon wrote:
>> we wanted to use real from before, with E-mail adresses, but then we
>> noticed that not every forum user is registered on this mailinglist, so it
>> would defeat the idea of having the integration.
>
> So, what's wrong with putting the real name in the from, and using the
> jabberforum mail address as address? Like
> "Remko Tronçon<list-social (AT) jabberforum (DOT) org>"
>
> cheers,
> Remko