Groups.io

[Adrien Monteleone]

I’m in the middle of a server installation and migration and some website customizations but I should be able to play with it a bit and have something by middle of next week, perhaps sooner.

-Adrien


> On May 11, 2017, at 12:53 PM, Derek Atkins <derek at ihtfp.com> wrote:
> 
> 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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