From @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Fri Oct 29 10:49:02 2010
Received: from isp.becroft.co.nz (isp [127.0.0.1])
	by isp.becroft.co.nz (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id o9SLmvaA011289
	for <@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@>; Fri, 29 Oct 2010 10:48:57 +1300
Received: (from majordomo@localhost)
	by isp.becroft.co.nz (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id o9SLmvmx011288
	for notator-list; Fri, 29 Oct 2010 10:48:57 +1300
X-Authentication-Warning: isp.becroft.co.nz: majordomo set sender to @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ using -f
Received: from swip.net (mailfe01.swip.net [212.247.154.1])
	by isp.becroft.co.nz (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id o9SLmoPr011276
	for <@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@>; Fri, 29 Oct 2010 10:48:51 +1300
X-Cloudmark-Score:   0.000000 []
X-Cloudmark-Analysis: v=1.1 cv=omSrwDgyMf70S47Fr5SNr0rQzcmIOo0IafWlB/wSLLo= c=1 sm=1 a=UTAemaq18-EA:10 a=8nJEP1OIZ-IA:10 a=9_o-kjtksz8A:10 a=iDWPTWNVAyTfaL6L0odbTQ==:17 a=vMYTMxRQAAAA:8 a=yullpWnwJEcZrvgIasAA:9 a=H8Wr-dQtJxWRWn79yQ4A:7 a=59yZIVYBUoNYLswMIe8ND8HZhvcA:4 a=wPNLvfGTeEIA:10 a=iDWPTWNVAyTfaL6L0odbTQ==:117
Received: from [84.202.124.158] (account @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ HELO PowerBook.local)
  by mailfe01.swip.net (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2.19)
  with ESMTPSA id 42281694 for @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@; Thu, 28 Oct 2010 23:48:39 +0200
Received-SPF: none
 receiver=mailfe01.swip.net; client-ip=84.202.124.158; @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
Message-ID: <@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@>
Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2010 23:48:35 +0200
From: Notator-owner <@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@>
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X 10.4; en-US; rv:1.9.1.13) Gecko/20100914 SeaMonkey/2.0.8
MIME-Version: 1.0
To: @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
Subject: Re: [NSL] Can we have a Notator.org forum?
References: <@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@>
In-Reply-To: <@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham
	version=3.2.5
X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.5 (2008-06-10) on isp.becroft.co.nz
Sender: @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
Precedence: bulk
Reply-To: @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
X-URL: http://www.notator.org

 [Notator/Creator SL mailing list]

On 20.10.10 08.31, Atarian wrote:
> I would like to see a Notator web-based forum too. It would make it
> easier to solve problems and even swap files.
>
> Sometimes, I can't understand what people are saying. A screenshot (even
> using digital camera) can help everyone see what the author is trying to
> describe.

You've got a good point indeed! File uploads would cause no problems for 
a web forum, unlike forcing it into people's mailboxes (which is not a 
popular thing to do, which is why I've disabled the ability to do so here).
Screenshots and even Notator songs/related files would take just about 
no room on the server. For digital camera images you'd convert the image 
that comes out of the camera (240/300 DPI print quality) into 72 DPI 
(screen resolution quality) prior to uploading them to the forum. That 
would save tons of disk space and also the viewer's patience when viewing.

On the downside a web-based forum doesn't give that instant "here's a 
new posting" feature which you get with a mailing list. And with a forum 
like ours with relatively little activity many people might be 
interested to read ANY and ALL postings made in relation to Notator.

Ideally, a web-based forum linked with a mailing list would be the way 
to go, but so far I haven't found such a solution for any of the 
web-forum software I've considered.
Neither have I found an option for alerting members via email whenever 
there's ANY new activity (not just a posting in a particular discussion 
thread you've previously chosen to follow).

I think we need to ask ourselves which features we want/need and what 
kind of setup will work best for our particular forum.



-- 
Hallvard Tangeraas
        Notator mailing list owner & maintainer
            http://www.notator.org


 UNSUBSCRIBE?
 Send an email to:   @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
 with the command:   UNSUBSCRIBE NOTATOR your@email
 (replace "your@email" with your own email address