[gobolinux-users] Gobolinux Forum?

[Dave Dodge]

On Fri, May 25, 2007 at 02:58:22PM +0300, molfar wrote:
> It's a question of relevant forum software not forum-idea as a whole.
> Most of up-to-date forums have the ability to send you emails with
> replies to your posts

Can they mail all messages including topics you haven't specifically
tagged?  Can they take replies via email and keep threading sensible?
Can interaction with the forum be done _entirely_ through email?

I say this from experience from another project using a web-based
system, where all messages _are_ mailed out and threading _is_
preserved, but replying still requires visiting a web page.  I rarely
bother contributing there any more even if I know the answer, because
switching to the web interface is simply too annoying.

I'm not a GoboLinux developer, but I get the impression that some of
them will not participate in the forums if it requires any use of a
web browser at all.  Are the forums still useful to the rest of the
user base -- especially in such a small community -- if the developers
never go there?

                                                  -Dave Dodge