On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 6:52 AM, Anders Logg <l...@simula.no> wrote: > On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 11:46:35AM +0000, Garth N. Wells wrote: >> I tried Google groups as an alternativ to setting up a mailman list >> on >> [1]fenicsproject.org (which required some non-trivial >> configuration): >> [2]https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!forum/fenics-dev >> Would that be a good alternative, or does it require everyone who >> wants to post to register for a Google email account? >> It would be nice if we don't have to maintain a mailing list ourselves. >> Garth > > I see a couple of advantages of having a mailing list hosted on > fenicsproject.org: > > - Not requiring users to create a Google account (assuming that is necessary)
Not strictly necessary, but a good idea: * https://sites.google.com/site/tomihasa/google-groups-faq#isgoogleaccountrequired > > - A more appealing addres: fenics-...@fenicsproject.org > > The difficulty is not in setting up mailman itself, which is very > basic, but in getting the infrastructure for sending/receiving emails > on the server in place (using postfix). This is something we need to > do anyway, to get emails when things fail, break-in attempts etc. > > I'll make an attempt to get the mail server in place, then we can try > out the mailman list and evaluate whether to use that or Google > groups. > > -- > Anders > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~fenics > Post to : fenics@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~fenics > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~fenics Post to : fenics@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~fenics More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
