There is a (parallel) forum? Kontakt fghj753.osm@ää.eu (<fghj753.osm@ää.eu>) kirjutas kuupäeval L, 2. august 2025 kell 18:44:
> Hi, > > I think maintaining two parallel communication channels is unnecessary. > Since the forum supports mailing-list mode (with caveats, see [1]), and > most of the discussion is already happening there (13 threads in the past > year on the forum versus 2 on the mailing list, counting generic > announcements like the survey invite and the current topic) [2][3], it > makes sense to consolidate. I personally don’t use mailing list mode, but I > do receive email copies whenever a new post appears in the Estonian > subforum, plus a weekly digest of the most popular global topics (typically > tagging disputes). > > > > As for maintenance costs, exact euros-per-email number is not known, but > over years maintaining mailing lists has become more gruesome due to > evolving security requirements, spam-filtering behaviour from recipient > providers and current large obstacle of migrating from Mailman 2 to Mailman > 3 [4]. Based on [4], [5], [6] and [7], a reasonable estimate cost of > maintaining average mailing list is in range of 350-700 GBP/yr, depending > largely on how much time Firefishy dedicates to Mailman. > > > > BR, > > Fghj753 > > > > [1] - > https://community.openstreetmap.org/t/discourse-and-mailing-list-mode/6054 > > [2] - https://community.openstreetmap.org/c/communities/ee/79 > > [3] - https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-ee/ > > [4] - > https://community.openstreetmap.org/t/retire-unnecessary-mailing-lists/133512/9 > > [6] - > https://osmfoundation.org/w/images/8/89/OpenStreetMap_Foundation_Draft_Budget_2025-Ver_8.pdf > > [7] - https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo > > > > PS. Sample message for announcing this discussion on Discourse is pasted > below. Mailing lists drop formatting, so I don’t know how it’ll actually > look when delivered. > > > > *From:* eisa01 via OpenStreetMap Community Forum < > [email protected]> > *Sent:* Saturday, August 2, 2025 12:20 PM > *To:* email > *Subject:* [Communities/Eesti (Estonia)] Close Estonian mailing list? > > > > *eisa01* <https://community.openstreetmap.org/u/eisa01> > August 2 > > The *talk-ee* <https://lists.openstreetmap.org/pipermail/talk-ee/> > mailing list is seeing very limited usage > > Given there’s a cost of maintaining these, have you considered closing it? > There’s been no posts to it in 2025 > > See *Retire unnecessary mailing lists* > <https://community.openstreetmap.org/t/retire-unnecessary-mailing-lists/133512> > for context > ------------------------------ > > *Visit Topic* > <https://community.openstreetmap.org/t/close-estonian-mailing-list/133539/1> > or reply to this email to respond. > > To unsubscribe from these emails, *click here*. > > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-ee mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-ee >
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