Re: Email Lists

t; > On Thu, Oct 6, 2022, 05:00 Gary Kramlich wrote: > >> Greetings Programs! >> >> As some of you may be aware, we've been in the process of transitioning >> our email lists to a new server. Well, managing email in 2022 is tedious >> and unforgiving so it's taking forever

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: > Greetings Programs! > > As some of you may be aware, we've been in the process of transitioning > our email lists to a new server. Well, managing email in 2022 is tedious > and unforgiving so it's taking forever and I always have a ton more on > my plate that's easier to do. >

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On 2022-10-07 12:11, Brian Morrison wrote: Moderation? Count me out then! Why? If Gary removes a spammer's post from the the forum, how would it affect you? It's not like he can reach into your mailbox and undeliver the message. ___

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On Thu, 6 Oct 2022 17:24:34 -0600 Dave Warren wrote: > On 2022-10-06 12:14, pid...@alexoren.com wrote: > > On 2022-10-06 12:39, Brian Morrison wrote: > >> Exactly like? So it's a mailing list manager... > > > > Apparently a hybrid.  I don't know how well they managed to pull > > that off,

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On 07/10/2022 16:52, pid...@alexoren.com wrote: The current archives are not searchable (or if they are, I could not find a way to easily search them), so I don't see a reason to keep them as they are. I generally find

Re: Email Lists

On 2022-10-07 08:37, Gary Kramlich wrote: On Fri, Oct 7, 2022 at 6:35 AM Mark Rousell wrote: On 06/10/2022 17:12, pid...@alexoren.com wrote: I've tried looking to see if I can anonymize the archive, but haven't found anything mentioning that as a possibility yet. Why does it matter?

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On Fri, Oct 7, 2022 at 6:35 AM Mark Rousell wrote: > > On 06/10/2022 17:12, pid...@alexoren.com wrote: > > > >> I've tried looking to see if I can anonymize the archive, but haven't > >> found anything mentioning that as a possibility yet. > > > > Why does it matter? Currently, the archives are

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On 06/10/2022 17:12, pid...@alexoren.com wrote: > >> I've tried looking to see if I can anonymize the archive, but haven't >> found anything mentioning that as a possibility yet. > > Why does it matter?  Currently, the archives are open for the whole > Internet to see. > Agreed. There is no need

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e process of > transitioning our email lists to a new server. Well, managing email in > 2022 is tedious and unforgiving so it's taking forever and I always > have a ton more on my plate that's easier to do. > > As such, the idea has come up to migrate to Discource instead. Because > of this, I

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On 2022-10-06 19:24, Dave Warren wrote: On 2022-10-06 12:14, pid...@alexoren.com wrote: On 2022-10-06 12:39, Brian Morrison wrote: Exactly like? So it's a mailing list manager... Apparently a hybrid.  I don't know how well they managed to pull that off, but they claim they have. Better

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On 2022-10-06 12:14, pid...@alexoren.com wrote: On 2022-10-06 12:39, Brian Morrison wrote: Exactly like? So it's a mailing list manager... Apparently a hybrid.  I don't know how well they managed to pull that off, but they claim they have. Better than anything else I have seen. Possibly

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On 2022-10-06 12:53, David Woolley wrote: The problem I'd have with pidgin as anything but pure email format would be that it is very low volume.  I don't like web sites being able to intrude, with notifications. I fail to follow. If anything, a web forum is /less/ intrusive than an email

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On 2022-10-06 12:39, Brian Morrison wrote: Exactly like? So it's a mailing list manager... Apparently a hybrid. I don't know how well they managed to pull that off, but they claim they have. I use the email interface to groups.io (I'd prefer not to have to, but it is what it is) and I find

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On 2022-10-06 10:53, David Woolley wrote: Typically, what I find with support forums, is that the people making one time appearances, to ask a question, prefer forums, because they are fashionable, but those who stick around and answer tend to prefer mailing lists.  However both mailing list

Re: Email Lists

On 2022-10-06 05:10, Brian Morrison wrote: On Thu, 6 Oct 2022 04:52:14 -0500 Gary Kramlich 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

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On 06/10/2022 17:39, Brian Morrison wrote: Exactly like? So it's a mailing list manager... I've used it in a high volume context, where I make several posts a day, and it seems to me that many of the features only make sense as a web forum. I haven't looked at email, except for its

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On Thu, 6 Oct 2022 12:31:40 -0400 pid...@alexoren.com wrote: > > I'm also against any type of forum and prefer stay with the list. > > I understand your reluctance to use a web interface, but Discourse > can be configured to behave exactly like a mailing list for the > people that prefer that

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On 2022-10-06 07:40, Matthias Apitz wrote: El día Donnerstag, Oktober 06, 2022 a las 12:33:30 +0100, Brian Morrison escribió: On Thu, 06 Oct 2022 14:28:27 +0300 Konstantin Kharlamov wrote: On Thu, 2022-10-06 at 12:10 +0100, Brian Morrison wrote: On Thu, 6 Oct 2022 04:52:14 -0500 Gary

Re: Email Lists

On 2022-10-06 05:52, Gary Kramlich wrote: Greetings Programs! As some of you may be aware, we've been in the process of transitioning our email lists to a new server. Well, managing email in 2022 is tedious and unforgiving so it's taking forever and I always have a ton more on my plate

Re: Email Lists

On 10/6/22 05:52, Gary Kramlich wrote: Greetings Programs! As some of you may be aware, we've been in the process of transitioning our email lists to a new server. Well, managing email in 2022 is tedious and unforgiving so it's taking forever and I always have a ton more on my plate that's

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El día Donnerstag, Oktober 06, 2022 a las 12:33:30 +0100, Brian Morrison escribió: > On Thu, 06 Oct 2022 14:28:27 +0300 > Konstantin Kharlamov wrote: > > > On Thu, 2022-10-06 at 12:10 +0100, Brian Morrison wrote: > > > On Thu, 6 Oct 2022 04:52:14 -0500 > > > Gary Kramlich wrote: > > > > >

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On Thu, 2022-10-06 at 04:52 -0500, Gary Kramlich wrote: > Greetings Programs! > > As some of you may be aware, we've been in the process of transitioning > our email lists to a new server. Well, managing email in 2022 is tedious > and unforgiving so it's taking forever and I al

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On Thu, 06 Oct 2022 14:28:27 +0300 Konstantin Kharlamov wrote: > On Thu, 2022-10-06 at 12:10 +0100, Brian Morrison wrote: > > On Thu, 6 Oct 2022 04:52:14 -0500 > > Gary Kramlich wrote: > > > > > When it comes to this migration, are you for or against it? > > > (Please answer yes/no/doesn't

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On Thu, 2022-10-06 at 12:10 +0100, Brian Morrison wrote: > On Thu, 6 Oct 2022 04:52:14 -0500 > Gary Kramlich 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

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On Thu, 6 Oct 2022 04:52:14 -0500 Gary Kramlich 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. > > When it comes

Email Lists

Greetings Programs! As some of you may be aware, we've been in the process of transitioning our email lists to a new server. Well, managing email in 2022 is tedious and unforgiving so it's taking forever and I always have a ton more on my plate that's easier to do. As such, the idea has