Re: Mailing lists and Discourse

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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
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