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Why does the R mailing list need such an unusual and customized user interface? Last January, I figured out how to read Usenet mailing lists ( or Usenet groups ) and they all pretty much work the same, learn to use one, you've learned to use them all ( gnu.misc.discuss , comp.lang.lisp , and so on ). What's the best way to view and read discussions in this group for recent days? Can I

Dear all, I am fairly new to R and this list (this is my first post), so I am wondering whether there is a possibility to view posts on this list conveniently on a website besides reading my email. I have in mind something like this : http://www.ruby-forum.com/forum/4 for the Ruby programming language, where you get messages organized in threads, sorted by latest posts, and you can click on

Since R is open source and help may come from varied levels of experience on R-Help, I wonder if it might be helpful to construct a method that can be used to "rate" those who provide help on this list. This is something that is done on other comp lists, like http://www.experts-exchange.com/. I think some of the reasons for this are pretty transparent, but I suppose one reason is that