Groups.io

[Derek Atkins]

Hi,

On Thu, May 11, 2017 1:28 pm, Adrien Monteleone wrote:
>
>> On May 11, 2017, at 6:31 AM, Derek Atkins <derek at ihtfp.com> wrote:
>>
>> It looks like groups.io is a hosted platform,  not a package we could
>> install and run ourselves.
>>
>> I'm still waiting for mailman3.
>>
>> As for searching.... that's a separate issue and can be solved
>> piecemeal. Indeed, we could potentially even add a framed google search
>> if someone wants to create the appropriate pages...  does some html
>> hacker want to donate this work?
>
> If it is just HTML, PHP and CSS I volunteer. I don’t tread in JS but if it
> is a light requirement I suppose I could. I don’t mind including JS in the
> page, I just don’t know it enough yet to maintain or debug it.

Yeah, it should be doable with just HTML, CSS, and PHP.

> Curiously, why does the built-in Mailman link to search return a 404? or
> is that supposed to link to a custom page? (I used to admin a list but it
> has been a while)

It pointed to namazu.  :)

Once namazu went away, we eventually removed the pages, but didn't remove
the links to the search page.

> -Adrien

-derek

>
>>
>> -derek
>>
>> Sent from my mobile. Please excuse any typos.
>>
>> ----- Reply message -----
>> From: "Liz" <edodd at billiau.net>
>> To: <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
>> Subject: Groups.io
>> Date: Thu, May 11, 2017 6:04 AM
>>
>> On Thu, 11 May 2017 13:18:30 +0800
>> Plutocrat <plutocrat at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> So excuse me for bringing up the issue of alternative mailing list
>>> software again, but I only just became aware of groups.io, and my
>>> initial impression is favorable.
>>>
>>> As has been noted before there are a number of shortcomings of the
>>> current mailing list format, most obviously the difficulty of
>>> searching them (resulting in repeat user questions), and the lack of
>>> choice between a web interface and plain email. I believe Groups.io
>>> addresses both of these problems.
>>>
>>> It seems to be free, at least as long as you don't upload lots of
>>> images, and the users can be migrated across by pasting a list of
>>> emails into the admin interface. The remaining obstacle would be
>>> migrating the archives across, which the head coder, Mark, seems to
>>> indicate is possible, without going into details.
>>>
>>> Anyway, I wasn't trying to stir up flame wars, I was just putting it
>>> on the development radar in case its a viable option.
>>>
>>> P.
>>>
>>
>> I'm on a few mailgroups. One has transferred recently from Yahoo to
>> Groups.io, and the overall impression on that list was favourable.
>>
>> Liz
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