On Tue, 2022-10-25 at 17:24 +0100, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
On Tue, 2022-10-25 at 16:04 +0200, Wolfgang Pfeiffer wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 25, 2022 at 01:53:38PM +0100, Patrick O'Callaghan
> wrote:
> > On Tue, 2022-10-25 at 14:37 +0200, Wolfgang Pfeiffer wrote:
> > > On Mon, Oct 24, 2022 at 08:44:20PM -0400, Sam Varshavchik
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > I understand that the explanation for the migration away from
> > > > mailing
> > > > lists is that maintaining the mailing lists is a hassle and
> > > > takes
> > > > up
> > > > too much resources. I'm suspicious of the veracity of that; [
> > > > ... ]
> > >
> > > I think it's also about control: Web based content can easily
> > > be
> > > deleted by moderators - whereas emails sent via a mailing list
> > > to
> > > their subscribers can stay in users' inboxes forever.
> > >
> > > Remember all these past years when we were asked every now and
> > > then
> > > to
> > > "behave", to respect some "code of conduct"? If
we're not nice
> > > in
> > > the
> > > future, our messages can just be deleted from the web
> > > interface.
> >
> > People who interact with the forum via email will still have
> > their
> > own
> > copies. [ ... ]
>
> Does that mean that despite "Discourse" the current mailinglist
> system,
> that is, sending mail to the list and receiving them back
> *together*
> with possible answers in some thread - will be kept working?
> Except the messages of those who interact via only the Web
> interface
> ("Discourse") won't be ending in my email inbox anymore? Is that
> correct?
As I understand it, and as I've seen in only a couple of days of use,
if you configure the email options correctly you get everything, no
matter how it was posted.
As Pete point out earlier, that doesn't mean it keeps working exactly
as it does now. Read his post for details.
To be clear, I mean the post I pointed to in the head item of this
thread, i.e.
https://mail.gnome.org/archives/evolution-list/2022-October/msg00276.html
poc