On 10-8-2018 21:10, blackfalconsoftware@... [firebird-support]
wrote:

Interestingly, the message by Doug you are replying to has yet to show
up in my mailbox. I wonder if it ever will.

> I am not sure what you mean by a non-web forum unless you are talking
> about the older bulletin board format.

Most people use this list as a mailing list (as in: they receive
everything by email and reply by email), not as a web discussion forum.

> To your other concern, I have come across quite a few sites offering
> free forums.  However, before investing in one, it would have to be
> researched as to the capability to support the requirements of the
> current Firebird forums.

The project has switched to Google Groups for some of the other mailing
lists. Google Groups can be used both as a web client and as a mailing
list similar as Yahoo Groups, except it is - in my opinion - better
maintained.

> Another concern is the consideration of moving the current forum's data
> into a new forum's format.

Migrating the archive to a new platform is in my opinion not a
requirement. We will however need to preserve that archive in some form.
That way, old discussions etc can still be found in search engines like
Google.

Mark
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Mark Rotteveel