[Ubuntu-be] mailing lists vs. forums

[Johan Beckers]

Jan Claeys schreef:

> If people prefer to use the web forums, they are welcome to do so; it
> probably fits their way of working better.  But *personally* I just
> can't see any advantage and several disadvantages (slow, no overview,
> impossible to organise, sort, label or mark topics myself, etc.).

Hi all ...
sorry for dropping in on this, I'll introduce myself in another thread.
I think it is common knowledge that mailing list are considered for the
tech savy people. Mailing list have been part of the internet since the
start.
Forums are a fancy version of mailing lists.
It still is a fact that lots of people just don't wont to use mailing
lists, for different reasons. For one, the community feeling is
significant larger at forums then on mailing lists.

But to the point ... it is perfectly possible to create a gateway
between the two.
Forum postings are piped to a mailing list, and vica versa.
Maybe this is a solution?

Greetings,
Johan Beckers.