This can be done by setting up a single server pointing to news.gmane.org. Then you can search for the swift lists and right click to subscribe.
-- Keith Smiley On 04/02, Ilya Belenkiy wrote: > Hi Keith, > > can you give some more details on how to do this? I'd love to use Unison > for this, but I have no idea how to set this up. Any help is greatly > appreciated. > > -- > Ilya > > On Wed, Mar 9, 2016 at 1:47 PM Keith Smiley via swift-evolution < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > For those who are just interested in getting these conversations out of > > their > > email in the meantime, you can use the nntp bridge at > > > > http://news.gmane.org/gmane.comp.lang.swift.evolution/ > > > > Along with Panic's retired Unison app > > > > https://panic.com/blog/the-future-of-unison/ > > > > As a pretty good GUI for this. > > > > -- > > Keith Smiley > > > > On 03/09, James Campbell via swift-evolution wrote: > > > They are listening but they keep saying they don't have the resources. > > So I > > > would encourage them to let the community give back and set something up > > ! > > > > > > *___________________________________* > > > > > > *James⎥Head of Trolls* > > > > > > *[email protected] <[email protected]>⎥supmenow.com < > > http://supmenow.com>* > > > > > > *Sup* > > > > > > *Runway East * > > > > > > *10 Finsbury Square* > > > > > > *London* > > > > > > * EC2A 1AF * > > > > > > On Wed, Mar 9, 2016 at 6:28 PM, David Hart via swift-evolution < > > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > +1000 > > > > > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > > > > > On 09 Mar 2016, at 11:34, Adrian Kashivskyy via swift-evolution < > > > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > I'm a very big supporter of moving the discussions to a Discourse forum > > > > installation. Here are my arguments: > > > > > > > > > > > > 1. *Subscribing to interesting threads* > > > > In the mailing list, it is not possible to subscribe to a thread > > > > unless the mail client supports it. In a forum, you can subscribe > > to a > > > > thread and you may even turn on email notifications. > > > > 2. *Muting uninteresting threads* > > > > Unless the mail client is supporting it (many don't) – it's not > > > > possible to mute a thread – all emails are equally important. > > > > 3. *Searching* > > > > It is way easier to search an indexed forum like Discourse, than > > > > searching through 12k emails > > > > 4. *Message formatting* > > > > We tend to include many code examples and formatted text in our > > > > messages. Some of us tend to create markdown files on the side and > > then > > > > paste the generated HTML into an email body. Discourse supports > > > > mix-and-match of Markdown, HTML and BBEdit. > > > > 5. *Tags* > > > > In the mailing list, most of us tend to include [tags] in the mail > > > > subjects, but some folks forget or ignore them. Discourse allows to > > > > predefine tags for the threads which improves indexing and > > searching even > > > > more. > > > > 6. *Pinned threads* > > > > Announcements of e.g. ongoing reviews may take a form of pinned > > > > threads so they are immediately visible to forum members. > > > > 7. *The problem of replying to a thread with a changed subject* > > > > Sometimes users reply to threads but accidentally add a tag or a > > > > whitespace to the message subject. Most mail client interpret it as > > a new > > > > thread and such a reply may be lost in the wild. Replies to > > coherent forum > > > > threads are never lost, they're always in the right place. > > > > 8. *Accessibility* > > > > Even if your mailing client allows all of the above features, > > > > sometimes it is needed to access the forums from a phone or on a > > university > > > > computer, where many functionalities are blocked. Although it is > > possible > > > > to access the webmail page in the browser, it is most often painful > > to > > > > navigate through archives (especially on icloud.com ¯\_(ツ)_/¯). > > When > > > > using Discourse, all above features are available everywhere. > > > > 9. *Permanent links* > > > > To share a link to a Discourse discussion, you just copy it from the > > > > browser URL field. To share a link to a mailing list reply, you > > need to > > > > open the web archive, find the topic manually and then copy the URL > > from > > > > the browser field anyway. > > > > 10. *Mentioning other users* > > > > In mailing list, this is achievable by including the target user in > > a > > > > recipients list. In forum, you just @mention someone, just like in > > GitHub > > > > issues. > > > > 11. *Privacy* > > > > Some users don't want their private emails to be disclosed in a > > > > mailing list. In a forum like Discourse, you can choose whether > > your email > > > > is displayed publicly or not. > > > > > > > > > > > > I can actually go on and on with my points, but I very much hope that > > the > > > > above list is sufficient to start a serious discussion about migrating > > to a > > > > forum, like Discourse. > > > > > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > Adrian Kashivskyy > > > > > > > > Wiadomość napisana przez Fload via swift-evolution < > > > > [email protected]> w dniu 06.03.2016, o godz. 23:46: > > > > > > > > Using Mail here, it works well for me! :) > > > > > > > > On Mar 6, 2016, at 9:31 PM, Kevin Lundberg via swift-evolution < > > > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > I wonder if some of the dislike for mailing lists here is due to people > > > > using Mail.app on osx/ios to keep up with discussions. I find that > > > > Thunderbird's mailing list handling is really nice (much better than > > > > Mail.app), since it correctly shows replies as a tree so it's easy to > > see > > > > which messages reply to which at a glance. > > > > > > > > On 3/6/2016 12:54 PM, Goffredo Marocchi via swift-evolution wrote: > > > > > > > > Setting up a custom Google Wave service? ... *waits for laughter to die > > > > down* it is actually open source and did its job well actually. > > > > > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > > > > > On 6 Mar 2016, at 17:35, Radosław Pietruszewski via swift-evolution < > > > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > I have to admit that I’ve also gotten used to the current system, > > however > > > > archaic ;) > > > > > > > > I’d still be happy to move to a more modern system, but it’s not as > > > > important to me as in the beginning. > > > > > > > > The only requirement, I think, for a lot of people, would be for the > > new > > > > system to still allow subscription and posting to go through email. > > > > > > > > Best, > > > > — Radek > > > > > > > > On 05 Mar 2016, at 00:37, Erica Sadun via swift-evolution < > > > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Speaking as someone who tries to observe trends in discussions, does a > > lot > > > > of search through her mail archives, > > > > and uses gmane to capture permanent links, I've been very satisfied > > with > > > > the existing solution. > > > > > > > > I suspect that most of us happy users never get heard in this > > discussion, > > > > so I'm just putting this out there. > > > > > > > > -- Erica > > > > > > > > > > > > On Mar 4, 2016, at 3:34 PM, Jacob Bandes-Storch via swift-evolution < > > > > <[email protected]>[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Friendly bump: > > > > > > > > Discourse is now free for open-source projects. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://blog.discourse.org/2016/03/free-discourse-forum-hosting-for-community-friendly-github-projects/ > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > swift-evolution mailing list > > > > [email protected] > > > > https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-evolution > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > swift-evolution mailing list > > > > [email protected] > > > > https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-evolution > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > swift-evolution mailing [email protected]:// > > lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-evolution > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > swift-evolution mailing list > > > > [email protected] > > > > https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-evolution > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > swift-evolution mailing list > > > > [email protected] > > > > https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-evolution > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > swift-evolution mailing list > > > > [email protected] > > > > https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-evolution > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > swift-evolution mailing list > > > > [email protected] > > > > https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-evolution > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > swift-evolution mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-evolution > > > > _______________________________________________ > > swift-evolution mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-evolution > >
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