I really prefer this list. I subscribe to multiple list and it allows  
me to get my news in one place, my mail client. I have multiple  
folders and filter to manage everything neatly. (I use claws-mail)  
There is no way I could keep up with all the lists I'm subscribed to  
if they were all in a forum format.

I think this list is pretty clean for the most part. There's a few  
topics that could remain outside of it but the same would happen on a  
forum. With lists, I can easily catch up on different group and reply  
quickly if I think I can help someone. With forums, I have to be on  
the forum, which I usually don't do unless I have an actual problem. I  
think it's just easier to quickly help each other this way.

Maybe a central wiki dedicated to server administrators with  
documentation on settings, installation procedure, known bugs, plugins  
and so on would be more useful. (Unless such a thing was created  
between the last time I checked and now) I remember how much trial and  
error it was to run those L4D servers when the game came out,  
documentation would have made a huge difference! And it would give us  
an easy way to link to known answers to questions.

--
Ravnox


Quoting Fletcher Dunn <fletcherd@valv...>:

> I'd like to use this comment as a springboard for a discussion about  
>  the format of this list.
>
> I hear that a few years ago the idea of migrating the email list to  
> a forum was kicked around.  However, at the time (is this still true  
>  today?) the users of the list didn't like the idea.  it is my  
> understanding that most server admins prefer:
>
> 1.) Receiving push notifications.
> 2.) Viewing the list in their email client
>
> #1 seems like a really compelling advantage (especially for  
> announcements), while #2 seems like a personal preference, and many  
> people have the opposite preference.
>
> A forum has several compelling advantages:
>
> 1.) Easier to search and find answers to previously asked questions
> 2.) Easier to follow a thread of conversation.  (I personally find  
> any email distribution list to become unreadable pretty much  
> instantly, with all the >>>>'s and broken line breaks that  
> everybody's mail clients and put everywhere.)
> 3.) Easier to modify your post if you notice a mistake or want to  
> clarify something, rather than making a new post.
> 4.) Easier to delete or move posts if they are spam, rude,  
> inappropriate, belong in the general TF2 SPUF forum, etc.
> 5.) Easier to ignore an entire thread that you are not interested in.
>
> Could there be some sort of forum + push notification that would  
> satisfy what everybody wants?  This list exists to serve you guys,  
> so I'm curious what everything thinks.  I *believe* most of the guys  
>  would find a forum format (perhaps with some push notification)  
> more  convenient.
>
> It would be good to get some opinions about how people prefer to  
> consume the information on this list.
>
> Please chime in.
>
> Your humble servant,
> - Fletch




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