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

[Dr. Martin Senftleben]

Hi,

I just want to add that I usually prefer forums, because they keep
answers readily available when I need them. To browse through a mailing
list archive is just an awful pain, to ask on the list may not yield the
result because the person who knows the answer has unsubscribed, and so
on. His answer from a previous question would, however, be available on
the net.
Admittedly there will be posts which become obsolete and maybe even
wrong, but a moderator can take care of that.

I receive daily a hundred mails and more, and to figure out which are
important and which not takes time. I generally delete most of this
list's mails, because I don't need them. But those are things I have to
do daily, and it's also sometimes a pain. However, I don't want to
unsubscribe, because then I need to resubscribe when I have a problem
etc., and rarely I also may be able to help (some subject lines catch my
attention).

Regards,

Martin

Am 15.12.2016 um 06:44 schrieb 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
>>
>>
> 
> 
> 

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Martin Senftleben

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