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in repository https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-ponymail-site.git
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new 07030bf Fix About page
07030bf is described below
commit 07030bfcbc3e2a2ab3fb50ee2d56c81bee81dd04
Author: Sebb <s...@apache.org>
AuthorDate: Fri May 17 17:06:52 2024 +0100
Fix About page
This fixes PR #4
---
source/markdown/about.md | 48 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------------
1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
diff --git a/source/markdown/about.md b/source/markdown/about.md
index 1e07f1f..6b4f909 100644
--- a/source/markdown/about.md
+++ b/source/markdown/about.md
@@ -1,4 +1,11 @@
-# About Pony Mail and its Contributors
+# About The Apache Pony Mail Project and its Contributors
+
+### Pony Mail - Mail Archiving, Ponified!
+
+Apache Pony Mail (Incubating) is a new web-based mailing list archive with
+both strong searching and browsing features, and includes the ability to
+reply within a thread from your web browser. It is currently deployed
+to provide an archive for all Apache Software Foundation mailing lists.
### Background
Pony Mail began as a response to two things; the lack of diversity in
@@ -9,7 +16,7 @@ of software want to jump right into a discussion they see, but
cannot
normally do so in a mailing list driven environment because of the rules
generally surrounding said environment. Pony Mail, along with a select
handful of newer archive systems, provides an interface that allows
-people to just hop into a thread, and take part. Without the need to
+people to just hop into a thread, and take part from their web browser.
Without the need to
subscribe, download the mbox archive, load it into your MTA, and
respond.
@@ -30,11 +37,13 @@ mailing lists are an old person's tool, and web-based
communication -
forums - are the way to go in the 21st Century. Providing a
full-featured forum-like interface to mailing lists is one goal,while
keeping all of the enormous benefits that mailing lists already provide.
-Asecond goal is to provide the ability to "jump in" to a mailing list
+A second goal is to provide the ability to "jump in" to a mailing list
conversation - even one that was a while back, without the convolutions
-that a mailing list requires. That is, to join this conversation the old
+that a mailing list requires.
+
+That is, to join this pre-existing conversation the old
way, one would have had to subscribe to the mailing list, download an
-mbox, and import it into ones mail client, in order that I be able to
+mbox (or ask the archive software for a copy), and import it into ones mail
client, in order that I be able to
reply to this message with correct threading. With Pony Mail, one has to
do none of those things, but can simply reply using the Web UI. To us,
this is a HUGE benefit for building community. The requirement to jump
@@ -46,18 +55,17 @@ into our projects.
### Who are we?
-We're a small bunch of people committed to making mailing list interaction as
easy as possible.<br/>
- Currently, we consist of (in alphabetical order):<br/>
- <ul>
- <li>Andrew Bayer / abayer - mentor</li>
- <li>Daniel Gruno / humbedooh - committer</li>
- <li>Francesco Chicchiriccò / ilgrosso - committer</li>
- <li>Jim Jagielski / jimjag - committer</li>
- <li>John D. Ament / johndament - mentor</li>
- <li>Rich Bowen / rbowen - committer</li>
- <li>Sam Ruby / rubys - committer</li>
- <li>Sean B Palmer / sbp - committer</li>
- <li>Shane Curcu / curcuru - committer</li>
- <li>Tony Stevenson / pctony - committer</li>
- <li>Ulises Cerviño Beresi / ucb - committer</li>
- </ul>
+We're a small bunch of people committed to making mailing list interaction as
easy as possible.
+Currently, we consist of (in alphabetical order):
+
+ - Andrew Bayer / abayer - mentor
+ - Daniel Gruno / humbedooh - committer
+ - Francesco Chicchiriccò / ilgrosso - committer
+ - Jim Jagielski / jimjag - committer
+ - John D. Ament / johndament - mentor
+ - Rich Bowen / rbowen - committer
+ - Sam Ruby / rubys - committer
+ - Sean B Palmer / sbp - committer
+ - Shane Curcu / curcuru - committer
+ - Tony Stevenson / pctony - committer
+ - Ulises Cerviño Beresi / ucb - committer
