I just tried it, from a new account that wasn’t associated with an account, and it looks like it went through … which is actually kind of frightening. Can’t a random spammer just send email to this address? I considered doing it as a stunt, but decided it would be nicer to ask about it first.
John > On Dec 9, 2021, at 10:52, Sam Tobin-Hochstadt <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Racket Users" group. 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