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

[Alex Bayley]

It's totally smooth.  They're quite nicely formatted and readable, and I 
simply hit "reply" in my email client and it all works.

The default Discourse setup is to send a digest to members about once a 
week to let them know about what's going on, plus immediate notification 
of 1) any post where they're @mentioned, or 2) replies to their own 
posts.  You can additionally "watch" areas you want more notifications 
about, or "mute" ones you really don't care about.

I will send you a copy of a recent digest from Growstuff for you to see 
what it looks like.

A.

On 23/10/2014 10:11 am, Shauna Gordon-McKeon wrote:
> 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 
> <mailto: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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>     -- 
>     Alex "Skud" Bayley
>     skud at growstuff.org  <mailto:skud at growstuff.org>
>     http://growstuff.org/
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