Discourse provides: - Reply to a topic via email: https://meta.discourse.org/t/replacing-mailing-lists-email-in/13099 - "Mailing list mode": https://discourse.mcneel.com/t/mailing-list-mode-for-discourse/5763 & https://meta.discourse.org/t/what-is-mailing-list-mode/46008
On Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 10:13 PM, Ted kremenek via swift-evolution < [email protected]> wrote: > I had this same question in my mind — especially if one can reply to an > email and it posts back to the forum. > > The mailing list model works well for those who want to get the entire > feed of traffic, and easily monitor which threads they want to follow/read > using the standard affordances in their mail program (e.g., mail filters, > flagging messages, and so on). > > The forum interface provides a way for people to just jump in and > participate on specific topics, provide better (standard) rendering of > content — such as code (which can be nice for technical conversations), and > better archiving and possibly be more searchable. > > If Discourse supports participation via email, it seems we get the best of > both worlds, as you say. I'm not super familiar with what Discourse can do > in this regards. > > On Jan 25, 2017, at 9:22 PM, Nevin Brackett-Rozinsky via swift-evolution < > [email protected]> wrote: > > Can a forum be configured to send each new post to the mailing list with > proper subject line? > > If so, that would enable a best-of-both-worlds scenario—or at least the > ability to dip our toes in a forum to see if it works, while still showing > everything on-list. > > Nevin > > > > On Wed, Jan 25, 2017 at 11:28 PM, Chris Lattner via swift-evolution < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> >> On Jan 25, 2017, at 6:57 PM, Xiaodi Wu <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Signing up for mailing lists is straightforward, yes—but that’s only a >>> small part of it. Signing up for a mailing list is a *commitment.* Once you >>> do it, your inbox will be inundated with mailing list posts, making it >>> difficult to find messages that actually have been intended for you >>> personally. Therefore, you’ll have to deal with that somehow. You can set >>> up rules in Mail to route mailing list posts to a separate folder, but that >>> won’t help you if you access your webmail from a public machine. >>> >>> >>> FWIW, I subscribe to many mailing lists in gmail and have it auto filter >>> emails to mailing lists into a separate mailbox (well, really, tags) for >>> each list. It works great for me. >>> >>> This doesn’t detract from your point about it being a commitment though. >>> >> >> It does kind of imply a follow-up question, though: is it _undesirable_ >> that signing up for a mailing list is a modicum of commitment? >> >> >> I’m mixed on that. On the one hand, it is great to have some level of >> commitment before people inject their opinion into the mix for some >> discussion. OTOH, I’m sympathetic to the desire that a lot of people want >> to just “follow along” without participating, and the mailman web interface >> is pretty uninspired. >> >> -Chris >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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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