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[Ben Supnik <>]

Hi Y'all,

This is just my opinion, but I wanted to weigh in with the opposite 
viewpoint: I find email lists to work better than forums for my work-flow.

- Both can be searched, as long as the mailing list program has decent 
archival + search features.

- I am subscribed to plenty of forums, and review none of them on a 
regular basis.  I think I'd be less likely to provide shared support for 
other users on a forum system than an email one.

- The mail flow from CGAL isn't very heavy, and has been very quick to 
screen by packages...basically anything involving nef polyhedra, meshes, 
etc. gets deleted instantly, and then I read everything that goes by 
regarding arrangements, etc.

cheers
Ben

> > Third, and this might be subjective, but it's a little annoying 
> > getting an
> > average of 10 mails a day from the list (there are some days when this 
> > amounts
> > to 20-30+), to most of which I have no immediate relevance. A forum 
> > with a
> > (good) search capability would be much more comfortable.