I agree mostly, but wouldn't knock down the idea of a google/yahoo group so quickly -- if you monitor new subscribers (as I think we do anyway on this list??) we should be okay re spam, shouldn't we? And as for passwords, you need a password to do anything on Mailman as well.
Of course there may be other issues about working with third parties on this stuff, but surely we can move beyond those. Re mailman, it's okay, but remember the archives aren't the prettiest: http://mail.python.org/pipermail/mailman-users/ and you can't search (unless you hook up with a service like mail-archive.com) I'm not sure about RSS support in Mailman but would anyone really use RSS for the backstage list? Most RSS readers would break under the load ;-) Brendan. -----Original Message----- From: owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk [mailto:owner-backst...@lists.bbc.co.uk] On Behalf Of Alex Mace Sent: 19 October 2009 19:28 To: backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk Subject: Re: [backstage] Changes to the list Agree with all, don't bother with a forum. Alex On 19 Oct 2009, at 19:03, Fearghas McKay wrote: > > On 19 Oct 2009, at 18:54, Ian Forrester wrote: > >> So if we did decide to switch mailing system/message board, which one >> would you all prefer? > > Mailman best of the rest of the freeware ones. > > Not a forum. > > If you need to look at a forum - have a look at TidBits.com and the > forums they run that actually let you participate using email, but it > is a commercial product that they use. http:// www.webcrossing.com/ > has details of it. It is mature and does work, you can customise and > extend it - no connection etc with them etc etc. > > f - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/
