Hi Dirk, Email support in Redmine is really easy to configure. You can just use a google account as SMTP server to send those emails.
Kindest regards, Marijn On Nov 23, 3:44 pm, Dirk Stoop <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for the suggestions everyone, > > I also heard mixed things about Yahoo groups elsewhere and think we > can safely eliminate that option. (If I understand correctly, you even > need a yahoo ID to be able to log in to them, which is kind of a > dealbreaker). > > The biggest problem with something like Redmine would be email > support. Not sure how configurable their email support is, but just > operating an SMTP server is no walk in the park, so I'd rather not > have to... Vanilla forums look great, but their email support (not > built-in but through availeble plugins) seems pretty minimalistic (no > daily digest features etc.) and there's the same story with the SMTP > server again. > > We'll keep on looking :) > > - Dirk > > On Nov 17, 5:00 pm, Marijn <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I take it you already have a bugtracker but Redmine provides a really > > great forum, wiki, bugtracker and files management all in one. > > > On Nov 13, 8:21 am, Rob Rye <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I have a fair bit of experience moderating groups on Yahoo! Groups (I > > > inherited all these groups from other moderators and am stuck with them > > > as the communities that use them are unwilling to contemplate migrating > > > to anything better). I find the spam recognition features capricious. The > > > file management set up is annoying as well. I definitely would not > > > recommend it for anything other than a social group that just wants to > > > have a convenient group email system - and doesn't mind having the > > > occasional member email labeled as spam for no good reason at all. > > > > Rob > > > On Nov 12, 2010, at 7:51 PM, Rob Lewis wrote: > > > > > Not really an expert on these things, but what about Yahoo? Used it a > > > > few years ago and it seemed pretty good. > > > > > On Nov 12, 5:43 am, Dirk Stoop <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> Hi All, > > > > >> Because Google Groups is slowly dropping features – and it wasn't that > > > >> great to begin with – we'd like to eventually find a better place to > > > >> host this mailing list / online forum. > > > > >> I'd like to ask all of you for suggestions about where to go. > > > > >> From my point of view (the company's and the moderator's) we'd need at > > > >> least the following features: > > > > >> - Moderation for posts from new members (there's quite a bit of spam > > > >> that would reach the group without this) > > > >> - Ways to both view and respond to discussions on the web, as well as > > > >> through email > > > >> - Ability for members to upload files > > > > >> Beyond this it doesn't have to be super powerful, as long as it's easy > > > >> for people to join, read and write to it, I think we've met our goals. > > > > >> We want this to be a place where people can talk about the app and > > > >> related topics, help eachother and exchange experiences. Something > > > >> like getsatisfaction.com (emphasis on feature requests, and voting) or > > > >> tenderapp.com (emphasis on support tickets, not open discussion) would > > > >> definitely not fit the bill. > > > > >> Any feedback, either suggestions for a good place or piece of software > > > >> to run this on, or about requirements I didn't mention but you think > > > >> should be part of the evaluation, is very welcome. > > > > >> Thanks! > > > >> - Dirk > > > > >> the Versions team > > > > > -- > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > > Groups "Versions" group. > > > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > > [email protected]. > > > > For more options, visit this group > > > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/versions?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Versions" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/versions?hl=en.
