[OSCTC-planning] creating an osctc-users list to complement this one

[Shauna Gordon-McKeon]

I've been meaning to try Discourse!  Maybe this is a good fit.  What's your
experience been with getting forum posts as mail? That's a pretty important
feature for this use case, I think...


On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 2:59 PM, Alex Bayley <skud at growstuff.org> wrote:

>  Growstuff recently switched to using Discourse (http://discourse.org/)
> instead of Mailman and we're very happy with it so far.  I know you're
> probably going "ugh, web forum!" but you can actually set it up to behave
> in a very mailing-list-like manner (sending you emails for every new post,
> and reply-by-email; emailing to create new topics requires a bit more
> fiddling but is also possible).
>
> One of the things we like about Discourse is its searchability and
> transparency; people can easily see what the project is up to without
> having to painstakingly grovel through unfriendly mail archives, and it's
> easy to respond to older threads if the topic comes up again, which helps
> keep conversations organised by topic.
>
> Anyway, I know many people love Mailman, and I know where you're coming
> from as I was one of them until recently, but if you're looking for a
> change this might be something to consider.
>
> A.
>
>
> On 23/10/2014 5:49 am, Shauna Gordon-McKeon wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
>  A lot of the knowledge of what's involved in running an OSCTC event is
> being lost, as it's primarily contained in individual osctc event mailman
> lists.  (We've got a lot of them: <
> http://lists.openhatch.org/mailman/listinfo>).  Searching these lists
> collectively is so difficult as to be impossible.
>
>  I'm hoping to create an osctc-users list for people who are running
> OSCTC events to ask questions on.  While I hope that past event organizers
> will remain on the list and contribute advice and answers to queries, one
> of the key features of such a list will be having a single archive of
> information.  Unfortunately, mailman does not do archives well, at least in
> its current incarnation.
>
>  I've found the Mail Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/faq.html#newlist
>
> Does anyone have experience with Mail Archive?  Do you recommend it?  Do
> folks have other alternatives to suggest?
>
>  best
> Shauna
>
>
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