In regard to: Re: [Networker] NMC backup and licensing question, Eugene...:

On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 5:12 PM, Tim Mooney <Tim.Mooney AT ndsu DOT edu> wrote:

In regard to: Re: [Networker] NMC backup and licensing question, Davina...:

On 14/11/11 22:50, Tim Mooney wrote:

I like that the forum has brought some knowledgeable and helpful new
people (like Carsten!) to the community.

Haha - I know Carsten and I can promise you that he is not "new", At
least not new to NetWorker. He has been doing NetWorker for about as
long as I have.  That's why he can make such valuable contributions. I'm
glad he's joined the forum.

Sorry; I meant new(ish) to this community.  I very definitely guessed that
Carsten is not new to NetWorker.

Anyone see any harm in encouraging such experts to move to the mailing
list?  I must say, as a Gmail user (and far, far from the only one
here), losing threading context absolutely hurts the discussion.  Tim
hit the nail on the head, it's hard not to discriminate against forum
users when their replies are so hard to process.

Ultimately it's up to each person for how they want to participate, if at
all.  We're lucky to have people like Carsten, Davina, and Preston follow
and participate in any form.  If they've chosen a particular format, then
that's their choice.

Selfishly, I would love to have more of the forum posters like Carsten
switch to the mailing list, because it makes my life easier and it makes
it easier for me to participate as well, but in the end I'm happy to
have them participate in any format.

When this type of discussion came up last time, IIRC Curtis mentioned
something about having a note on the forum, so that people that post there
realize that the forum is gatewayed to the mailing list, and encouraging
people to "quote text when replying" for the benefit of the mailing list
subscribers.

As a funny aside, I just realized that today is the 16th (!) anniversary
for my subscription to the predecessor of this mailing list!  Maybe it's
time for me to switch to the forums!  ;-)

Tim
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