There may be a forum, but such a thing cannot be expected to succeed if there's competition with an already established list. Such a thing would have to replace the mailing list to succeed. I believe this would help the FreeSWITCH effort amongst newer users and lead to much faster growth. The barrier to entry of a mailing list is a tad too high for some since it presents an impression, justified or not, that the list is where the elite hang out and is off-limits for newbies, whereas with a tidier forum setup that would allow for a "Newbies Corner" might avoid this. Mailing lists are showing their age these days - as demonstrated by the difficulty in responding to this on digest mode - I have to strip away every other thread first.

I'm convinced that a full shift to newer, better organised and more friendly technology would only be a good thing for the FreeSWITCH project. Does anyone agree, or am I out on my own on this one?

Regards,
Ben Langfeld

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On Sun, Mar 28, 2010 at 12:11 AM, <freeswitch-users-request@lists.freeswitch.org> wrote:


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From: Michael S Collins <msc@freeswitch.org>
To: "freeswitch-users@lists.freeswitch.org" <freeswitch-users@lists.freeswitch.org>
Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2010 15:54:15 -0700
Subject: Re: [Freeswitch-users] FreeSWITCH Mailing List - Why not a forum?
There *IS* a forum. A volunteer set it up a few years ago and promised to maintain it. The fact that you can't find it is proof positive that a forum just isn't the best choice for this particular online community. I'd say the nabble site is your best option. 

-MC

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On Mar 27, 2010, at 4:51 AM, William Suffill <william.suffill@gmail.com> wrote:

It's been brought up before. I don't recall exactly all the +/- discussed but there are some alternatives for the user depending on their preference. Digest can get a bit annoying in high volume. The list is archived in various places (Gmane.org,nabble.com)

Nabble does provide a forum style interface to the current list if you rather follow it that way.
http://n2.nabble.com/freeswitch-users-f2379917.html
"This forum is an archive for the mailing list: freeswitch-users@lists.freeswitch.org (more options) Messages posted here will be sent to this mailing list."

-- W