Python alternative to Google Groups
If you are looking for an open source alternative between Google Groups and Mailman, I wanted to share: http://groupserver.org It has recent release and new design. Key is the assumption that any user can publish/reply via email or the web, not just receive email alerts for posting via the web. Our non-profit is a big user and just released our mobile responsive design - http://forums.e-democracy.org We are looking to collaborate with other orgs and developers. Note: http://e-democracy.org/groupserver Cheers, Steven Clift E-Democracy.org ᐧ -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: Python alternative to Google Groups
Ah, I wasn't referring to Google Groups newsgroup/usenet connection, but if one wanted to host open source based online groups themselves that are similar to the web experience with Google Groups overall. While folks who just want a mailing list are well served by Mailman, Sympa, and others ... for our organization we need to compete with user expectations from Facebook Groups more and more. We'll we can't compete on features, but we can make our web experience simple and more visually pleasing so the web-centric users stick with us. This is an example neighborhood forum we host - http://e-democracy.org/se - our reality is that if someone creates a Facebook Group in the same local community, we see sharing types migrate there due to the visual experience and baked in mobile sharing options. So our investments in this open source tool could benefit those who see the need to host online communities on their own site where they can innovate further. Thanks! Steve ᐧ On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 6:38 AM, Tim Golden wrote: > On 29/05/2014 11:57, Mark Lawrence wrote: >> On 29/05/2014 06:06, Tim Golden wrote: >>> On a more serious note, it does look interesting and it would be great >>> to have a credible alternative to promote for people who tend towards >>> GG. Needs to someone to do the setup / config / management though. >>> (Hence my frustrated comment above). >>> >> >> It would certainly save me, and I'm sure others, a great deal of >> frustration. > > After a quick skim of the feature list etc. it's not actually clear to > me that it can operate as a proxy for, eg, a Mailman list. As a > standalone group list manager it's clearly worth looking at. But as a > means of allowing current GG users a similary way of accessing the > existing mail.python.org lists... I'm not so clear. > > TJG > > -- > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Python developers interested in local communities, GroupServer
My non-profit uses the GPL Python-based http://GroupServer.org platform to host local neighborhood online communities in the U.S., the UK, and New Zealand. We are users of GroupServer and not the owner of the project. We are plotting a future new features hackathon (in person in Minneapolis and perhaps simultaneously elsewhere) and are looking for python programmers with a particular interest in connecting people in local places. If you are interested in learning more, please contact us at t...@e-democracy.org or http://e-democracy.org/contact Or join the GroupServer development group - http://groupserver.org/groups/development - where we will definitely making an announcement. We will also announce it here on the Local Labs online group: http://e-democracy.org/labs Thanks, Steven Clift E-Democracy.org P.S. GroupServer is probably the best open source hybrid e-mail list/web forum out there. Not the best e-mail list. And not the best web forum. But the best fully integrated approach. Example use with some customizations: http://e-democracy.org -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Has anyone here checked out GroupServer lately?
We are a user of this python-based GPL maillist/web forum platform: http://groupserver.org I'd be interested in folks thoughts about it. We'd like to see the development community grow. The main difference with Mailman is that it is more of a balance between web and e-mail, while still accessible via e-mail at the core. Steven Clift E-Democracy.org -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
