Re: [Foundation-l] Email list archives

2009-08-16 Thread James Forrester
2009/8/15 Everton Zanella Alvarenga : > We've, recently, discussed about this on WikimediaBR-l and someone > pointed out Google Groups archiving solution. > > http://groups.google.com/group/wikimediabr-l/topics > > For me the main usability of using Google Groups is for making > reference for a pre

Re: [Foundation-l] Email list archives

2009-08-16 Thread Ivan Lanin
WMID is also using googlegroups. Sorry for top posting. --Original Message-- From: Michael Peel Sender: foundation-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List ReplyTo: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] Email list archives Sent: Aug 16

Re: [Foundation-l] Email list archives

2009-08-16 Thread Michael Peel
On 16 Aug 2009, at 03:58, Pavlo Shevelo wrote: >> For me Google Groups do a good job and it's enough. > > Yes, I would support the proposal to look at Google Groups (as > alternative mailing list platform) closer. > As we can see Wikimedia Brasil and Wikimedia UK are using that > platform and per

Re: [Foundation-l] Email list archives

2009-08-15 Thread Casey Brown
If I remember correctly, Fred Vassard was planning on cleaning up mailman's search -- but I'm not sure if that's still this case. (He's CCed, not sure if he's on this mailing list or if he pays attention to it.) On Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 1:01 PM, Andrew Turvey wrote: > I hope you don't mind my rais

Re: [Foundation-l] Email list archives

2009-08-15 Thread Pavlo Shevelo
> For me Google Groups do a good job and it's enough. Yes, I would support the proposal to look at Google Groups (as alternative mailing list platform) closer. As we can see Wikimedia Brasil and Wikimedia UK are using that platform and perhaps not only them (I'm pushing this platform for Wikimedia

Re: [Foundation-l] Email list archives

2009-08-15 Thread Everton Zanella Alvarenga
2009/8/15 Andrew Turvey : > When I subscribe to an email list I tend to get emails delivered, but I > sometimes find it useful to view older emails on the archive. I know some > people like to read all their emails on the archive, so this is also > important for them. It is also useful when you

Re: [Foundation-l] Email list archives

2009-08-15 Thread Austin Hair
On Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 2:01 PM, Andrew Turvey wrote: > I hope you don't mind my raising this issue here - it's a technical issue > affecting all wikimedia email lists so I thought this would be as good a > place as any. wikitech-l might be more appropriate, but I think I can shed some light on

Re: [Foundation-l] Email list archives

2009-08-15 Thread Andrew Turvey
"Tim Landscheidt" wrote: > > Andrew Turvey wrote: > > > [...] > > Has anyone got any tips about how I can either format an email to begin > > with or view the email afterwards to solve this problem? > > Every at most 72 characters, hit the key known as [Enter]. > Before sending the

Re: [Foundation-l] Email list archives

2009-08-15 Thread Tim Landscheidt
Andrew Turvey wrote: > [...] > Has anyone got any tips about how I can either format an email to begin with > or view the email afterwards to solve this problem? Every at most 72 characters, hit the key known as [Enter]. Before sending the mail, read it. > Secondly, has this technology been de

[Foundation-l] Email list archives

2009-08-15 Thread Andrew Turvey
I hope you don't mind my raising this issue here - it's a technical issue affecting all wikimedia email lists so I thought this would be as good a place as any. When I subscribe to an email list I tend to get emails delivered, but I sometimes find it useful to view older emails on the archive.