[swift-evolution] [Discussion] mailing list alternative

[Jacob Bandes-Storch]

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 <
swift-evolution at swift.org> 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 <
> swift-evolution at swift.org> 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 <
> swift-evolution at swift.org> wrote:
>
>>
>> On Jan 25, 2017, at 6:57 PM, Xiaodi Wu <xiaodi.wu at gmail.com> 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
>>
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