Hello MFPA, Sunday, May 10, 2020, 9:49:05 PM, you wrote:
> Would that lead to more help for ordinary users' TB! issues? Or would > their messages simply get lost among all the beta testers' messages? > It would certainly be massively increased traffic compared to the > current TBUDL, and most TBBETA traffic is likely not relevant to the > needs of most current TBUDL users. Fair point. I was looking at this from the viewpoint of current traffic levels which are rather low. > Why do they need their own domain? They don't _need_ own domain, this is from the "improvement" category. > They are perfectly fine where Marck currently hosts them at > silverstones.com. What if Marck is being hit by the car and server lease is not renewed? Same goes for domain name, etc. > And many mailing lists are perfectly fine at one of the mailing list > hosts such as groups.io, etc. groups.io: - "your own domain" is a $200/month option. Next? > Silverstones.com does have HTTPS, with a self-signed certificate. Which defies its purpose... How about LetsEncrypt that is free and easy to deploy? > I thought that had been done a few years back at something called The > Bat User Documentation Project (TBUDP) but I can't find a link at the > moment. Good examples: - Claws: https://www.claws-mail.org/faq/index.php/Main_Page - Thunderbird: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/products/thunderbird -- Regards, A ________________________________________________ Current version is 8.1.18 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
