+1 to Google Groups, only because they have an excellent user/web interface, have great search (hooda thunk?) and good administrative tools.<div><br></div><div>I wish mailman kept up with the Google Groups UI and functionality, but it hasn't, and as a result, is a pain for non-devs to maintain and use, let alone make productive use of the archives.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Google Groups has its downsides to be sure, but is the best email/forum hybrid available.</div><div><br></div><div>Chris<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 4:48 PM, David Recordon <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:drecordon@sixapart.com">drecordon@sixapart.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">I keep wanting to see us move to Google Groups since they offer email<br>
and searchable web interfaces; lots of other similar communities use<br>
them. I've never bothered since they don't support OpenID logins, but<br>
then I guess that's equivalent of our own mailman here.<br>
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On Dec 5, 2008, at 4:27 PM, SitG Admin wrote:<br>
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>> What if we dropped the mailing lists and picked up a forum site with<br>
>> many different 'rooms/sections'?<br>
><br>
> Wouldn't be convenient for people who, like me, prefer using a list<br>
> interface (with messages automatically archived to our local<br>
> mailbox). If you know a good *hybrid* system, though . . . (avoiding<br>
> endorsement issues, too).<br>
><br>
> -Shade<br>
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