On 8/19/07, Wade Preston Shearer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > All, > > I am toying with the idea of dropping Mailman for Google Groups and > would like some feedback from the group. Mailman is a nice, old > friend that has giving years of dedicated service to the community, > but his age is showing. Sure, once you get it configured and locked > down, it will run like a champ for years on end, but installing and > configuring Mailman is a royal pain and even adding/editing lists, > administering services, and managing personal accounts is a pain. The > interface is archaic and horrible from a usability standpoint. > Mailman's features are excellent, but they aren't any good if you > can't figure out how to use them or it is so complicated that you > don't want to bother. Plus the archives aren't searchable. Plus the > archives display your email address un-obsficated.
Just don't use Google for domains! I think if they actually integrated the functionality of Google Groups it'd be a perfect world. Google Groups is a nice idea and adding us to a list on there would be fine with me. Probably the only drawback is that the email addresses wouldn't end in uphpu.org IIRC. Cheers, Clint > While I have considered alternate solutions off an on in the past, > the upcoming project of rebuilding the server has be considering it > very seriously now. Another motivation is the desire for a more > robust and flexible solution that better meets the needs of all > users. I have longed for some time for a solution that married a > forum and a mailing list into one, so that the forum people would be > happy and the email people would be happy… with posts coming from > both email and web-based interface and being one and the same… > perfectly synchronized and users only interacting through the medium > they desire and receiving notifications in the manner they desire. > > Well, there is a solution that does just this: Google Groups. And, > it's free. And it has a very slick, user-friendly interface. And it's > archives are searchable. And it obsficates your email address. You > can even receive the post via RSS if you are so inclined. I am still > checking to see if I can import our old archives, but assuming that > that and everyone having to have a Good Account are the only > downsides, what does everyone think? I think that I'm ready to make > the switch. We would still post to uphpu@uphpu.org, the mail would > just be delivered from [EMAIL PROTECTED] instead. It does > digest mode and everything. > > What do you think? > > > wade > > _______________________________________________ > > UPHPU mailing list > UPHPU@uphpu.org > http://uphpu.org/mailman/listinfo/uphpu > IRC: #uphpu on irc.freenode.net > > _______________________________________________ UPHPU mailing list UPHPU@uphpu.org http://uphpu.org/mailman/listinfo/uphpu IRC: #uphpu on irc.freenode.net
