On 1/11/25 13:08, Mischief via agora-discussion wrote: > On 1/11/25 12:48 PM, Janet Cobb via agora-discussion wrote: > >> Hmm. I think I'd argue that, regardless, people who are doing that are >> not truly subscribed to the forum. For instance, if mail-archive went >> down but the lists themselves stayed up, I don't think we'd accept that >> the lists have ceased to be a forum or that they couldn't send messages. >> The "ensure e can receive messages" bit is only a "should", not the >> definition of what a public message is. > Would the archives be a separate forum? Conceptually that makes sense to me.
The standard for a forum is given in CFJ 3884 [0]. I would argue that "https://www.mail-archive.com/agora-business@agoranomic.org/" is not a forum because it is not a "medium for communication"; one cannot use that address to send messages. [0] https://agoranomic.org/cases/?3884 -- Janet Cobb Assessor, Rulekeepor