On Fri, Dec 29, 2017 at 11:29 AM, Justin Keller <[email protected]>
wrote:

> I like the mailing list. With emails, even on different computers, you
> don’t have to check anything else. They just appear after being sent. Also,
> threads can still be easily replied to on emails. People also know a way to
> contact people privately on email by just emailing them. I’m so not use
> discourse, but is there also a way to do this there?
>

Yes, there is private messaging.

Also, if we stick with mailing lists, should we make this list publicly
searchable?  Currently, the list is only viewable to subscribers?

Regards,
--matt

>
> On Fri, Dec 29, 2017 at 11:18 G. Matthew Rice <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> We're using Discourse (https://www.discourse.org/) on another project
>> and the suggestion came up that, maybe, it's time for us to move on from
>> mailing lists to something a little more accessible (and probably appealing
>> to a younger crowd).
>>
>> Personally, I've been very anti-forums but Discourse does have some nice
>> notifications options (https://www.discourse.org/features) which look
>> like a reasonable replacement and would let me continue to use email to
>> keep up with discussions.  I can't remember to go back to forums which is
>> why I usually don't participate in them very much.  I think that
>> Discourse+notifications would solve that problem.
>>
>> So, what does everyone think about giving it a try?  We can leave this
>> list intact and post the occasional reminder to the list.
>>
>> PS - Happy New Year!!
>>
>> Regards,
>> --matt
>>
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>> G. Matthew Rice <[email protected]>                         gpg id:
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>> Executive Director, Linux Professional Institute
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