It appears that enabling this is quite simple. I believe I have set it up so that emailing [email protected] should create a new topic in the Uncategorized category. Feel free to test it out.
Sam On Thu, Dec 9, 2021 at 8:27 AM Stephen De Gabrielle <[email protected]> wrote: > > > it’s becoming apparent to me that setting up posting via email is frankly > > difficult; I think that monitoring the list using mailing-list mode is > > plausible, but posting, at this point, is not. > > I had a chat with a Discourse consultant and they thought posting by email > was possible if you self host, but self hosting with mailing list would > require both a hosting provider, and a send mail provider (he uses digital > ocean with sendgrid or mailgun). Receiving email is handled by the 'mail > receiver container' if you are self hosting. > > It was a casual conversation, and I don't know him well. It would be good to > know if other PL communities have done this > > stephen > > > > On Wed, Dec 8, 2021 at 6:47 PM 'John Clements' via Racket Users > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Your points are well taken, and moving away from a traditional mailing list >> is not a decision that we took lightly; the fact is that we were simply >> *failing* when it came to moderating the mailing list as run by google >> groups, and running one through mailman was even worse. It appears that >> discourse will allow us to spread the load of moderating the group across >> the members of the group, rather than depending on one or two points of >> failure. >> >> BTW, lest you think that I think that discourse solves all our problems: >> it’s becoming apparent to me that setting up posting via email is frankly >> difficult; I think that monitoring the list using mailing-list mode is >> plausible, but posting, at this point, is not. I guess I shouldn’t be >> shocked: that’s the whole problem with email, it’s not authenticated in any >> reasonable or widely used way. >> >> Regardless, I’m happy with the move: we have about 181 people registered, >> and the volume there looks robust and sustainable. >> >> John >> >> > On Dec 8, 2021, at 13:16, George Neuner <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > >> > On 12/8/2021 12:34 PM, James Platt wrote: >> >> On Dec 8, 2021, at 10:45 AM, George Neuner wrote: >> >> >> >> > It's a big deal if you are (or were) following multiple groups. >> >> >> >> I don't understand. Why is this an issue? I find it very convenient to >> >> filter each group into it's own folder in email. If this were a >> >> non-technical group, you wouldn't expect everyone to know how to do that >> >> but anyone who is a programmer ought to have no problem configuring >> >> filters and folders. >> > >> > If you had continued reading, you would have seen my comment that NOT ALL >> > news groups support list distribution or posting via email. NNTP is not >> > email. Usenet group moderators[*] can choose how to make their groups >> > available: the default is via list distribution and NNTP both, but the >> > moderator can deliberately disable one or the other - or only enable >> > digests via email, or disable posting. >> > >> > My complaint is having to read some things via NNTP and others through >> > email because, while there are programs that do both, I haven't found any >> > single program that does BOTH WELL. And that is without even considering >> > the growing number of ... don't want to confuse by saying "groups", let's >> > call them "crowds" ... that have abandoned Usenet entirely in favor of web >> > forums. >> > >> > George >> > >> > [*] even unmoderated groups have a moderator/administrator - by default it >> > is whoever started the group. >> > >> > >> > -- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> > "Racket Users" group. >> > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> > email to [email protected]. >> > To view this discussion on the web visit >> > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/racket-users/5f176666-59b4-a381-ddd7-25b435887694%40comcast.net. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Racket Users" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/racket-users/bacee3b2-b372-4dd0-af60-c657ba984936%40mtasv.net. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Racket Users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/racket-users/CAGHj7-LurQpXeyr_Q4cbZZyceOO3x3hiymu4n2rEWNYA0cAK3w%40mail.gmail.com. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Racket Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/racket-users/CAK%3DHD%2BZY-0AH1kjGPueqn0ddEjdWRLnJpMWOSKHb9s-4PtTNtw%40mail.gmail.com.
