[UPHPU] dropping Mailman for Google Groups

[cole at colejoplin.com]

I'm ok with Google Groups.

-- Cole


Quoting Wade Preston Shearer <lists at wadeshearer.com>:

> All,
>
> I am toying with the idea of dropping Mailman for Google Groups and
> would like some feedback from the group. Mailman is a nice, old  friend
> that has giving years of dedicated service to the community,  but his
> age is showing. Sure, once you get it configured and locked  down, it
> will run like a champ for years on end, but installing and  configuring
> Mailman is a royal pain and even adding/editing lists,  administering
> services, and managing personal accounts is a pain. The  interface is
> archaic and horrible from a usability standpoint.  Mailman's features
> are excellent, but they aren't any good if you  can't figure out how to
> use them or it is so complicated that you  don't want to bother. Plus
> the archives aren't searchable. Plus the  archives display your email
> address un-obsficated.
>
> While I have considered alternate solutions off an on in the past,    
> the upcoming project of rebuilding the server has be considering it   
>  very seriously now. Another motivation is the desire for a more    
> robust and flexible solution that better meets the needs of all    
> users. I have longed for some time for a solution that married a    
> forum and a mailing list into one, so that the forum people would be  
>   happy and the email people would be happy? with posts coming from   
>  both email and web-based interface and being one and the same?    
> perfectly synchronized and users only interacting through the medium  
>   they desire and receiving notifications in the manner they desire.
>
> Well, there is a solution that does just this: Google Groups. And,
> it's free. And it has a very slick, user-friendly interface. And it's
> archives are searchable. And it obsficates your email address. You  can
> even receive the post via RSS if you are so inclined. I am still
> checking to see if I can import our old archives, but assuming that
> that and everyone having to have a Good Account are the only
> downsides, what does everyone think? I think that I'm ready to make
> the switch. We would still post to uphpu at uphpu.org, the mail would
> just be delivered from uphpu at googlegroupus.com instead. It does  digest
> mode and everything.
>
> What do you think?
>
>
> wade