Thanks to Sam you can now post to discourse via email with the address [email protected] You do need to use the address you signed up with.
if you use addresses like [email protected] ... I'm not sure - I don't have a quick way to test sending with this sort of address. Stephen On Thu, Dec 9, 2021 at 11:36 PM John Clements <[email protected]> wrote: > 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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