Re: [New Suggestion] Re: please take it seriously to make our team hea

["Mehul Jhaveri" <dmotors@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sir,

I want to say that we should make a message board system like netmeeting
have.

Can we do it.

Also, I have one Idea of more publicity of Linux.

----- Original Message -----
From: Oommen Thomas <oommen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ilugc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, August 19, 1999 10:41 AM
Subject: [New Suggestion] Re: please take it seriously to make our team
healthy


> On Thu, 19 Aug 1999, Dr. P. Sriram wrote:
>
> sriram> On Thu, 19 Aug 1999, Mehul Jhaveri wrote:
> sriram> > Can we make a setup of our linux group like netmeeting have.
> sriram>
> sriram> i am not clear what mehul is hinting at - but it sounds to me like
a
> sriram> suggestion for additional mailing lists (sub-lists). ilugc itself
was
> sriram> expected to be a low volume list, mainly for announcements and
other items
> sriram> of local interest (and not technical matters; ilug is a better
forum for
> sriram> technical matters). if volume of technical discussion increases,
we can
> sriram> create additional group(s) with thematic content (ilugc,
ilugc-tech etc).
> sriram> proposals welcome.
> sriram>
>
> Apologies for a long reply, although this I hope will be informative.
>
> In my opinion, when the volume as well as member-size increases, a
> web-based discussion forum like HyperNews will be a better option than an
> email-based list. As Asokan has offered space on a Linux server, I think
> we can try setting this up there.
>
> In our company (where email is THE mode of formal communication and very
> minimum paper-based communication exist) we found that when the volume
> increases, people tend to ignore/delete most mails as there is hardly any
> time to go through each and every mail and take action. That defeats
> the very purpose of keeping people informed or discussing. Also, it
> becomes difficult to keep track of the old mails (even if we think of
> having some archiving mechanism in mailing lists).
>
> A 'news' server was an option we had; but we have gone in for 'HyperNews'
> which is a hybrid of the Web and News technologies. And we have received
> a very good response from our colleagues.
>
> Key features include:-
>
> * Multiple forums based on Topic
> * Each forum with all postings arranged as threads available at a specific
>   URL and can be accessed using a browser
> * Authentication possible at different levels (including posting/reading)
> * Users can register as members so that they get email notifications
> * Email-HyperNews gateway exist
> * Posting can be done thru emails or web interface
> * Posters get an email copy of all responses to their original posting
> * Easy-to-use Web-based Admin tools (including archiving/deleting
>   provision)
> * Even if the emails are deleted, the postings and replies lie on the
>   server
> * Space requirement not much for installation
> * The whole software is (cgi)perl-based and hence can be customised as per
> requirement
>
> (Lets make use of newer technologies which suit as better.....)
>
> The site http://www.hypernews.org will give more details.
>
> Asokan, can we have this setup on your server, so that the traffic on the
> ilugc list can be reduced and technical discussions can be on the
> web-based forum which has an email gateway too?
>
> We (myself and my collegue Mr Saravanan) will be very glad to help out in
> setting this up.
>
> Thanks for your time.
>
> -
> Oommen.
>
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