> -----Original Message-----
> From: Firebird-general@yahoogroups.com
> [mailto:Firebird-general@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of mailmur
> Sent: Martes, 05 de Diciembre de 2006 12:43
>
> Is it that Firebird community does not have a vbulletin/phpBB bulletin
> forum available?

And have the risk of being hacked and then visitors get a payload, too?
No, thanks.
Those things you name are almost all weeks in the security news forums
because someone discovered a new vulnerability. And you have to be online
all the time or it doesn't make sense.

> I always find these mailing lists non intuitive. Bulletin forum would
> have a good search, archiving, better thread handling etc... features.

E-mail has been for a long time in the net, several decades before the
web... and you still don't learn to manage it?
:-)

> Mailing lists are just too much chaos. Or do I just read it using a
> wrong clients?

There are multiple email clients. Most of them reached maturity and
stability years ago. You have dedicated email programs (free and paid),
browsers that include an email client, etc. Several of this programs can
switch to a threaded view if you like.
And we have this list mirrored at the news server. Can't you use a news
client either? At news.atkin.com we have egroups.ibdi NG because it
preserves the old name.

> I use groups.yahoo.com site to follow Firebird lists and post through
> same yahoo ui. It just lists all messages in a flat format, no
> vbulletin threads, no good search, etc... lacking everything else you
> expect to find at year 2006.

Just change the view I would say and use a good internet filter (typically
built into a SW firewall, but there are independent programs, too) to get
rid of the ads and "niceties" of yahoo if you want to continue using their
web interface. It will be faster.

C.