From help-request at octave dot org Fri Sep  9 06:24:11 2005
Subject: Re: google groups and Usenet
From: Paul Kienzle <pkienzle at users dot sourceforge dot net>
To: kooto <will dot lin at gmail dot com>
Cc: help at octave dot org
Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2005 07:22:54 -0400

I checked out Nabble briefly.  The particular problem I have with the 
octave archive is that I don't know how to extract attachments from 
archived messages.  Nabble also seems to punt on this.

I also want to sort by author and search the message body.

- Paul

On Sep 8, 2005, at 9:26 PM, kooto (sent by Nabble.com) wrote:

>  Besides Google Group and Gmane, there is another alternative: 
> Nabble.com - check out: http://www.nabble.com/Octave-f1895.html - like 
> Gmane, it's a third-party archive/forum of Octave lists.
>
> A lot of users prefer using emails and therefore mailing list is the 
> way to go. But then there are users who prefer a web forum interface 
> which avoids clogging their email box. Google, Gmane, and Nabble can 
> all function as a forum-to-list bridge, meaning users who prefer web 
> interface can use the web forum, while die-hard mailing list users can 
> stay the way they want, and web and email will be in synch.
>
> All three are free. With Google, there are ads. Gmane is ad-free. 
> Nabble is ad-free.
>
> I suggest Nabble because I am a member of the Nabble project. One of 
> the reason we created Nabble is because we all subscribe to a lot of 
> technical lists and it clutters email box and we find it difficult to 
> search them.
>
> Take Octave project for example, there are 6 lists, with Nabble, you 
> can browse and search the 6 lists at the same place. You can also 
> narrow your search to each list and narrow by author.  This is better 
> than Google and Gmane, because with Google and Gmane you still have to 
> browse and search 6 lists on at a time.
>
> Nabble started archiving Octave lists a few months ago, so there may 
> not be a significant amount of data. But still, you can browse it to 
> keep updated to the latest stuff.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
>
>> Robert A. Macy wrote:
>> Google's "user interface" does not work well for me.  
>>
>> I've never had a known problem with octave group.  
>>
>> What interface are you referring to?
>>
>>                - Robert -
>
>  Sent from the Octave - General forum at Nabble.com.



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