Re: how about using a bulletin board instead of mail list?

In article <20000705152848.22526.qmail@web118.yahoomail.com>, michael_teter@yahoo.com (Michael Teter) wrote: > just out of curiosity, why aren't the PHP groups > served by a bulletin board system instead of a mailing > list system (aside from the obvious cost, server > requirements, etc.)? I don't know about the others, but I generally prefer mailing lists. They can be mirrored as a newsgroup (which is where I'm taking part in this) and, if you desire, can be mirrored on web pages using a combination of something like MHonArc and CGI programming (we do this for our technical mailing lists, so that technicians can always access--and post to--the lists). It is much easier to apply custom filters and sorting to mailing lists (and newsgroups) than to bulletin board systems. And it seems to be easier to mirror mailing lists in new formats than to mirror BBS discussions in e-mail or newsgroup format. Jerry