[GNC] Gnucash - user

[David Carlson]

There has not been much warning lately about the actually very common
phishing technique of getting the malefactors ' webpage listing above the
legitimate webpage listing in searches.  David, your observation is keen.

On Tue, Jul 7, 2020, 9:15 AM david whiting <dw at davidwhiting.me.uk> wrote:

> If you do a google search for "gnucash forum" the top two hits are results
> from nabble. If you click on either one of these you'll see the
> login/register link top left that sign you up to nabble.
>
> Perhaps this is how some people think that this is the correct way to sign
> up. They are doing something that is normal these days, a google search for
> what they want to find (gnucash forum) and aren't aware of the subtle
> difference between using nabble and signing up to the mailing list. There's
> a very good chance they won't get close to the wiki so perhaps it will make
> no difference how clearly it is described in the wiki.
>
> See attached.
>
> David
>
> On Tue, 7 Jul 2020, 14:37 Derek Atkins, <derek at ihtfp.com> wrote:
>
> > Dear Adrian,
> >
> > On Tue, July 7, 2020 2:46 am, Adrian Holbrook wrote:
> > > Liz, I tried to respond to a posting by David Cousens [via GnuCash] and
> > it
> > > was rejected by Nabble. Could you pass on the following -
> >
> > Instead of responding via Nabble, you should just respond via Email.
> >
> > > I have also tried to contact Hugo a number of times. In frustration I
> > have
> > > used a different email address and name and registered again following
> > the
> > > instructions on the gnucashe wiki. I have the same problem. I do not
> > > unders
> > > tand the difference between posting
> > >  on the Gnucash list vs posting by Nabble - certainly following the
> wiki
> > > in
> > > structions forces you to use Nabble. as soon as you register you are
> sent
> > > an
> > > email to click on and it takes you to the Nabble subscribe form.
> >
> > This has *me* confused.  If you subscribe via any link at
> > https://lists.gnucash.org/ then I do not see how you could get an email
> > that would link to Nabble.  It sounds like you went in via Nabble the
> > first time and tried to "subscribe" via Nabble.
> >
> > >     I
> > > am very confused and would love a simple
> > >  process that worked like a normal forum without having to go through
> > > hoops
> >
> > The GnuCash lists are, currently, just that: email lists.
> >
> > The GnuCash mailing lists do not have a forum or any supported forum-like
> > interface.  Nabble, a 3rd-party service, tries to present that, but as
> > you've seen they appear to be having... issues..
> >
> > This will change when (if) we migrate to mailman3, which includes the
> > "hyperkitty" forum-like interface, but at this point in time we do not
> > have a timeline for when this will happen.
> >
> > > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies.
> > > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
> >
> > -derek
> >
> > --
> >        Derek Atkins                 617-623-3745
> >        derek at ihtfp.com             www.ihtfp.com
> >        Computer and Internet Security Consultant
> >
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