On Tue, 13 Dec, 2022, 08:53 Udhay Shankar N via Silklist, < [email protected]> wrote:
> > As an aside, I discovered in this process that "mailing list" in 2022 > generally means an email marketing solution - i.e, a broadcast service to > pump out marketing materials to a large list of people - and typically not > a discussion list, which is what silklist is. It took me quite a bit of > research to find one that provided hosted mailman, AND was considered > reliable. > Lately, I've been thinking that email is irretrievably broken. My personal email is overwhelmed with an unending flow of notifications, updates and promotions that have just enough utility to make me reluctant to unsubscribe. I've also become so accustomed to the short, verbal style of slack and work email that the prose style of email just feels like a lot of unnecessary effort. It's hardly surprising then, that mailing lists like Silk have disappeared or reached a quiescent middle age. -- b >
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