Is thunderbird and gmail a good option to use the digikam mailing list ?

[nonobio]

Thanks for all, it's more clear now :)

So, thunderbird is one of the easier way to use mailing list ?

Bye

Le 14/12/2016 à 16:14, jdd a écrit :
> Le 14/12/2016 à 14:51, nonobio a écrit :
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm new on Digikam and i've been surprised to not found a support
>> "forum" but a "mailing list".
>>
>> I never used this system before or just once several years ago.
>
> it's the prefered system for many technical support
>
>>
>> My main mail is Gmail and i used it tu suscribe to the list, but i
>> didn't found how to browse easily the list.
>
> it's a bit tricky if you are not used to that. You have to look at the
> "source" of any mail on this list (mine, for example) and find this:
>
> List-Archive: <http://mail.kde.org/pipermail/digikam-users/>
>
> (just copied from source) and you get the archives URL. The drawback is
> you can't answer from the archives
>
> gmail should be enough but Th is very good
>
>> What the reason why Digikam support use mailing list instead of forum,
>> is it better in some aspects ?
>
> forum, as of web forum (PHPBB, etc) are better for one shot. You need
> one answer for one question and you most probably wont ever come again,
> forum is best. You don't have to unsubscribe, you simply forget it.
>
> mailing lists are better when you want to stay in touch with the
> community. If you plan to use digikam on a regular basis, you will find
> many infos in the other members posts. The problem Paul have today,
> peter may have the other day... you also can archive easier interesting
> mails for future use.
>
> jdd
>
>