I should have mentioned topics as well - my bad.
I’m a bit tired of repeating myself - I’m not asking it to replace email. I
just see it as better platform to share information but we’ve been over this
and it’s like beating a dead horse.
> Yes I have, and am still using it. Again, which email
On 2015-07-12 23:13, Allan Irving wrote:
>
> You can delete and keep specific messages.
>
> Lack of threads are just replaced with channels.
Are you serious? You create one channel per discussion?
I have (and still am) used slack in three different companies, we had one
channel per theme, so t
On 07/12/15 22:13, Allan Irving wrote:
It has channels and topics. These work similarly to your use case of email. In
fact, like email - you can ignore or leave the discussion.
You can delete and keep specific messages.
Lack of threads are just replaced with channels.
You can trial it free fo
It has channels and topics. These work similarly to your use case of email. In
fact, like email - you can ignore or leave the discussion.
You can delete and keep specific messages.
Lack of threads are just replaced with channels.
You can trial it free for up to x users at no cost which was my s
On 2015-07-12 14:52, Allan Irving wrote:
> We are debating this as an alternative to a mailing list. Don’t get ahead of
> yourself. As an alternative, I think it works. However, you can disagree.
No it does not.
* slack lacks threads, you cannot isolate discussion, which means it gets
confusing w
Allan Irving wrote:
> given the response for outdated technology which is very insecure
It's a public mailing list, and the archives are available on the
LOPSA.org web site for anyone to see -- no sign in, no password. There's
no need for security because a deliberate decision was made that the
ar
Cheers Derek. Ironically the only person using a form of PGP on this list. I’ve
seen 12 year olds set up mailing lists and IRC, I would assume - as people
have here - that would put them out of a job if pitching knowledge from 30
years ago.
Still haven’t heard a convincing argument against Sla
It is not a "Dark Ages" issue. It is a ubiquity issue.
This mail address has ~10 mailing lists going to it. I fully control
this email address (housed on my server in my house.)
If I had to check on a separate web site for this list, I would drop it.
If I needed yet another client to view,
We are debating this as an alternative to a mailing list. Don’t get ahead of
yourself. As an alternative, I think it works. However, you can disagree.
Please don’t male assumptions regarding ‘cool kids; or whatever you want to
presume. That really isn’t the case. However, if you can’t see how ma
On Sun, 12 Jul 2015, Allan Irving wrote:
It was just a suggestion - no need for the aggressive reaction. Email
is inherently insecure so I don?t see how Slack?s security comes into it.
Slack offers features email never will.
You're getting the side-discussion about Slack and security confused w
On Sun, Jul 12, 2015 at 4:37 PM, Allan Irving wrote:
> You can stay in the dark ages but some of us are thinking ahead. Given the
> responses, it is clear to me that moving on into the modern century is the
> way forward.
>
Slack is only forward in "coolness", not in security, privacy, or anythi
> Begin forwarded message:
>
> From: Allan Irving
> Subject: Re: [lopsa-discuss] Slack
> Date: 12 July 2015 21:36:51 BST
> To: "Derek J. Balling"
>
> It was just a suggestion - no need for the aggressive reaction. Email is
> inherently insecure so I don’t see how Slack’s security comes into
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