Which phxlinux.org archives list to use?

Ed plug at 0x1b.com
Thu May 23 12:50:11 MST 2013


On Thu, May 23, 2013 at 12:01 PM, Brian Cluff <brian at snaptek.com> wrote:
> They should be identical.  I first one is some 3rd part archive software
> that I setup.  It's gives you a very nice view of the archive and is
> searchable.
> The second one is simply Mailman's built in archiving system which is OK,
> but not very versatile.
>
> Use which ever you prefer.  I've long told people that were looking for a
> web forum that they could get most of what they wanted by using the archive
> to read the list and simply subscribing with their settings set to not
> actually send them any mail.  That way you are a subscriber and can send and
> reply to messages still.
>
> Brian
>

Great tip Brian, worth adding it to the email-lists page!
And - I really like the Lurker as a list frontend - nice.


>
> On 05/23/2013 11:45 AM, joe at actionline.com wrote:
>>
>> Which phxlinux.org archives list is best to use?
>>
>> I've always used this one:
>>
>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/lurker/splash/index.html
>>
>> But today, I discovered this one:
>>
>> http://www.mail-archive.com/plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org/
>>
>> Why are there two and which is better to use?
>>
>>
>>
>>
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