[HIJACKED!] What are the best OSS discussion group apps?

[Derek Broughton]

Padraig wrote:

> On Jan 14, 2008 1:32 PM, Derek Broughton <news at pointerstop.ca> wrote:
> 
>> thomas fisher wrote:
>>
>> > On Monday 14 January 2008 08:07:40 Bernard Peek wrote:
>> >> Derek Broughton wrote:
>> >> > Uh, it seems to me that it can't be "smart enough to start a new
>> >> > thread" if it includes In-Reply-To or References headers, as that
>> >> > is, by
>> >> > definition, part of the old thread.  I think what he really means is
>> >> > that
>> >> > GMail completely ignores threading, and just groups by subject. 
>> >> > Ugh.
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > I'm not sure about mailing lists, but Google Groups ignores
>> >> > threading for newsgroup posts and sometimes loses all of the history
>> >> > of a
>> thread,
>> >> > posting a followup as if it was the start of a new thread. That
>> causes
>> >> > a certain amount of annoyance to people that use real newsreaders.
>> >
>> > I discern a need to remember our Ubuntu Code of Conduct:
>>
>> Excuse me?  Bashing people over the head with the CoC is hardly
>> respectful.
>> Especially when the complaints here have been about certain software, not
>> the people using it.
> 
> 
> Your rant was more personal in nature and was directed more towards Liam
> than the software being discussed.
> 
> At least, that's the way it appeared to me.

That's a "rant"? I commented on gmail's threading.  The only comment I made
concerning Liam was "I think what he really means...".  That's hardly
disrespectful _or_ personal.  Now stop hassling people for discussing
software. 
-- 
derek