[rules-dev] drools mailing list webpage: mention gmane newsgroups too

[Mark Proctor]

Michael Neale wrote:
> I agree - do we need the nntp? those who use news readers still (!)
> would know what to do - could we just link to the http interface if we
> don't already.
>
> In terms of finding answers - google indexes the mailing lists just
> fine, I often find answers myself that way ! so the read only aspect
> is ok.
>
> What is the experience like if people want to post to the lists from
> gmane etc? Does it actually work? I have never tried it myself, always
> been a mailing list fan myself (but that is changing, its just too
> much to keep up with).
>   
gmane makes you verify the email from your own email box, so a bit of a 
pain.

Mark
> On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 9:11 PM, Geoffrey De Smet
> <ge0ffrey.spam at gmail.com> wrote:
>   
>> Hi guys,
>>
>> Many people don't subscribe to the user mailing list because they don't
>> want to litter their mailbox.
>> So instead, they start mailing dev's directly, which we don't want.
>>
>> One solution is gmane.org.
>> Gmane turns our mailing lists into newsgroups,
>> so if they direct their e-mail client to this newsgroup url
>>   nntp://news.gmane.org/gmane.comp.java.drools.user
>> they can ask a question without littering their mailbox.
>>
>> I propose we add another column to this page
>>   http://www.jboss.org/drools/lists.html
>> with the title
>>   Newsgroup (doesn't litter mailbox)
>> Which has a link to these url's:
>>   nntp://news.gmane.org/gmane.comp.java.drools.user
>>   nntp://news.gmane.org/gmane.comp.java.drools.devel
>>
>> --
>> With kind regards,
>> Geoffrey De Smet
>>
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