forum.dlang.org, version 2 (BETA)

[IgorStepanov via Digitalmars-d-announce]

On Friday, 5 June 2015 at 02:14:08 UTC, Vladimir Panteleev wrote:
> On Friday, 5 June 2015 at 02:11:17 UTC, IgorStepanov wrote:
>> On Friday, 5 June 2015 at 02:03:48 UTC, Vladimir Panteleev 
>> wrote:
>>> On Friday, 5 June 2015 at 02:02:11 UTC, IgorStepanov wrote:
>>>> Sorry if this question has been raised but is the reason for 
>>>> the inability to edit posts?
>>>
>>> Posts are not editable because once sent, they are relayed to 
>>> the NNTP server, mailing lists, and users' email inboxes.
>>>
>>>> Will be this feature implemented sometime?
>>>
>>> Only when it becomes possible to edit a sent email.
>>
>> Ok, why we use email/NNTP server instead of simple 
>> database/file storage?
>> Do we use some free mail server, or we must support some old 
>> infrastructure?
>
> Yes, this forum was created explicitly to replace Web-News, an 
> NNTP newsreader. Initially all communication was done via NNTP 
> (Web-News or a desktop NNTP client) and mailing lists. The last 
> time I checked, only 50% of posters used forum.dlang.org, 
> others used NNTP or mailing lists.

Interestingly, they do it because they are accustomed, or they 
have a handy desktop/mobile applications?