[Social] administrivia: web forum interface

[Peter Saint-Andre]

On 05/12/2008 12:50 PM, Etan Reisner wrote:
> On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 12:58:38PM -0600, Peter Saint-Andre wrote:
> <snip>
>> Well, we could force every forum user to be subscribed -- at that point,
>> the forum is simply an alternative interface to the list.
>>
>> Peter
> 
> I don't think forcing people to receive mail to use the forum interface is
> a good idea, especially not if simply using the forum interface
> automagically signs them up for the mailing list.

You don't need to receive mail, you just need to be subscribed (since
you can set your mailman prefs to "nomail"). That's what we currently do
via Gmane.

> I really just want to be able to track threads the way I normally can and
> would like to avoid snipped conversations from getting incredibly
> confusing as to who said what bit of quoted text.

Yes, that seems suboptimal.

Peter

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