Email Lists

[Brian Morrison]

On Thu, 06 Oct 2022 14:28:27 +0300
Konstantin Kharlamov <hi-angel at yandex.ru> wrote:

> On Thu, 2022-10-06 at 12:10 +0100, Brian Morrison wrote:
> > On Thu, 6 Oct 2022 04:52:14 -0500
> > Gary Kramlich <grim at reaperworld.com> wrote:
> >   
> > > When it comes to this migration, are you for or against it?
> > > (Please answer yes/no/doesn't matter)  
> > 
> > No. It seems to be a forum, much prefer mailing lists, forums always
> > treat email as a second-class (or worse) add-on.  
> 
> I don't see a problem as long as a forum allows to emulate a mailing
> list. If Discourse allows one to subscribe "to everything" and reply
> to posts with email, then you get pretty much a mailing list in your
> email client.
> 
> I don't know if Discourse allows that, but if somebody confirms, then
> there should be no problem.
> 

We were asked to vote, I vote against anything that looks like a forum
and has a web interface. YMMV.

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Brian Morrison

                "I am not young enough to know everything"
                                                          Oscar Wilde