Forum vs mailing list
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I think Chris' post on the mailling list is perfectly apt. Neither venue is going away, nor should it.
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I think both have there strengths and weaknesses. Personally I prefer forums but that's mainly because I regularly check a half dozen forums a couple times a day anyway but some of my friends like mailing lists and find forums to hard to keep up.
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http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php?action=unread
You should find ths link on top in the "USER INFO" box. (after login)
It also contains "Show new replies to your posts"
Hope this helps.
Also after you log in you shoud see the pfsense icon on the far left beeing either greyed out or not, if it's not greyed out it mens there are new posts in the category that hs not been read. And once the category is open you should see a small "NEW" icon next to each thread that has new posts in it.
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I read the mailing lists but I don't really feel very confident to reply or set it up to recieve it via email. I mean it's probably not that hard, it just seems old fashioned to me. Those old guys just need to get with the times and learn how to use forums. I just find it so much easier to track information that I need to access on forums without having to dig through all sorts of other stuff I don't understand.
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I read the mailing lists but I don't really feel very confident to reply or set it up to recieve it via email. I mean it's probably not that hard, it just seems old fashioned to me. Those old guys just need to get with the times and learn how to use forums. I just find it so much easier to track information that I need to access on forums without having to dig through all sorts of other stuff I don't understand.
ahahahaha, what's old is new again. Can anyone say BBS? I sure can ;-P
–Bill
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@Isf:
You should find ths link on top in the "USER INFO" box. (after login)
It also contains "Show new replies to your posts"
Hope this helps.
Also after you log in you shoud see the pfsense icon on the far left beeing either greyed out or not, if it's not greyed out it mens there are new posts in the category that hs not been read. And once the category is open you should see a small "NEW" icon next to each thread that has new posts in it.I know how to use forums and I also do know how SMF works.
That's some good tips for newcomers, though :).ahahahaha, what's old is new again. Can anyone say BBS? I sure can ;-P
Sure I can spell BBS :P.
I used logon to a couple of BBS per day before Internet got here ;). -
I read the mailing lists but I don't really feel very confident to reply or set it up to recieve it via email. I mean it's probably not that hard, it just seems old fashioned to me. Those old guys just need to get with the times and learn how to use forums. I just find it so much easier to track information that I need to access on forums without having to dig through all sorts of other stuff I don't understand.
ahahahaha, what's old is new again. Can anyone say BBS? I sure can ;-P
–Bill
Hey I used BBS's but I avoided mailing lists :P.
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Mailing lists are a bit of a pain. I think everything should be on the forums.
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I think the forum is the best format as well. I avoid mailing lists like the plague.
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Mailing lists are a bit of a pain. I think everything should be on the forums.
What you think is different from what others think. A forum allows people to be "loose" whereas a mailing list makes you think twice before blabbering. Not saying your blabeering, just pointing out the differences that I have noticed.