<div dir="ltr">Exactly. If you utilize a forum solution like Discourse you often will also still be able to support folks that want to deal with email.<div><br></div><div>-Shawn</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Tue, Aug 2, 2016 at 11:17 AM Tim Vermeulen via swift-evolution <<a href="mailto:swift-evolution@swift.org">swift-evolution@swift.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">For what it’s worth: Discourse has a Mailing List mode, which will send you an email every time someone makes a new topic or replies to an existing topic (apart from the topics you muted). You can then reply to that email to post a reply in that topic, just like in a mailing list.<br>
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> On 8/2/16 13:15, Karl Wagner via swift-evolution wrote:<br>
> > There's no guarantee we would have to give it up entirely - many forum<br>
> > platforms have apps with caching for offline viewing.<br>
> ><br>
> > Besides, im not sure these discussions are always so important that you<br>
> > really need to download the entire list and save it all offline.<br>
> ><br>
> > Karl<br>
> ><br>
> > > On Aug 2, 2016 at 6:05 pm,<Rainer Brockerhoff via swift-evolution<br>
> > > <mailto:<a href="mailto:swift-evolution@swift.org" target="_blank">swift-evolution@swift.org</a>>>wrote:<br>
> > ><br>
> > > On 8/2/16 12:21, Erica Sadun via swift-evolution wrote:<br>
> > > > It is an instructive example of why remaining with a mailing list, flaws and all, is probably the best answer for Swift Evolution.<br>
> > ><br>
> > > Whatever keeps a mailing list as bottom implementation gets my +1.<br>
> > > Forums and other browser-based things may be more convenient _if_ you're<br>
> > > in a place with 24/7 connectivity, which is not true for many.<br>
> > ><br>
> > > FWIW I'm using Thunderbird off the gmane group because threading doesn't<br>
> > > work well with other email clients.<br>
> A scenario I often have to follow, both at home and on trips, is<br>
> connect, download everything new, disconnect, read entire threads later<br>
> offline.<br>
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> --<br>
> Rainer Brockerhoff<<a href="mailto:rainer@brockerhoff.net" target="_blank">rainer@brockerhoff.net</a>><br>
> Belo Horizonte, Brazil<br>
> "In the affairs of others even fools are wise<br>
> In their own business even sages err."<br>
> <a href="http://brockerhoff.net/blog/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://brockerhoff.net/blog/</a><br>
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