On Jo, 09 oct 14, 23:16:33, softwatt wrote: > > Instead of a mailing list, let there be an IMAP/POP account, let us call > it i...@debian.org. However, it isn't a normal IMAP account: > > - It is public, and not a traditional private imap account. > - It accepts all logins, regardless of the password typed. > - It is read-only, users cannot directly modify it. > - Users can only use it to read, they cannot send > mails as i...@debian.org > - It serves as the "forum". > - The topics and sub-topics are simply folders and sub-folders. > - In order to read the "forum", one simply adds the imap > account to one's mail client. > - In order to post something new, one simply replies to the > relevant post (The FROM is one's own mail, and not > i...@debian.org)
If you want to go forward with this I would suggest you just do it. If some Debian Developer finds your idea interesting you could even get a domain like imap.debian.net. You could set up several servers/accounts: lists@imap.d.n <project>@alioth.imap.d.n <bugnumber>@bugs.imap.d.n (for people that want to follow individual bugs only, since there are also the debian-bugs-* lists) I think you *might* encounter issues with scalability: i.e. IMAP servers are built to handle many clients accessing different mailboxes, not sure how they will handle many clients accessing the *same* mailbox (but then the developers might be interested in fixing the issues ;). Kind regards, Andrei -- http://wiki.debian.org/FAQsFromDebianUser Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic http://nuvreauspam.ro/gpg-transition.txt
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