Re: AIM login

2016-10-13 Thread Gary Kramlich
Hi Donald, This is Gary Kramlich the current maintainer of Pidgin. Please excuse my tardiness in this matter as I haven't had much time to dedicate to Pidgin in the past few weeks. That said. We are staging a new version which will have this updates, but we will most likely miss the 20161016

Re: It's 2016, why are we still using mailing lists?

2016-10-13 Thread Mark Rousell
On 13/10/2016 02:24, Dave Warren wrote: > More importantly, nearly every case I've seen where an active community > of technically inclined helpers assist novice users moves from a mailing > list to a forum, many/most of the helpers don't go with it, leaving the > forums a barren wasteland of

Re: It's 2016, why are we still using mailing lists?

2016-10-13 Thread Mark Rousell
On 09/10/2016 01:16, pid...@alexoren.com wrote: > No, you do not. The forum software can be configured to send email > notifications for responses to the threads you are following, as well > as for new posts in the sub-forums that you are interested in, > including the full text of the message.

Re: It's 2016, why are we still using mailing lists?

2016-10-13 Thread Mark Rousell
On 08/10/2016 23:35, David Woolley wrote: > On 08/10/16 22:49, Alex Oren wrote: >> Are there any compelling reasons not to use an internet forum? >> >> Their many advantages over mailing lists include: >> - Easier searching for existing solutions. >> - Fine-grained control over email