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Will chime in late with a ¨ditto¨ to Greg on changing the ALE forum infrastructure. The system at hand works fine for me and offers more fodder than I know what to do with. More would just be more to me....<BR>
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Rich in Lilburn<BR>
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-----Original Message-----<BR>
<B>From</B>: Greg Freemyer <<A HREF="mailto:Greg%20Freemyer%20%3cgreg.freemyer@gmail.com%3e">greg.freemyer@gmail.com</A>><BR>
<B>Reply-to</B>: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <ale@ale.org><BR>
<B>To</B>: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <<A HREF="mailto:Atlanta%20Linux%20Enthusiasts%20%3cale@ale.org%3e">ale@ale.org</A>><BR>
<B>Subject</B>: Re: [ale] ALE forum ?<BR>
<B>Date</B>: Fri, 25 Feb 2011 08:20:10 -0500<BR>
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Google Groups have neither of those restrictions.
1) Any email address can subscribe, login, change profile, etc.
2) You can interact 100% via email (except subscribe / unsubscribe /
change subscription setup / etc)
I too run a google group. My users are a static non-technical group
so I do all the subscribe / unsubscribe activities for everyone. Very
few of my users have ever logged into the group. They just get emails.
I only login to do admin stuff.
That said I personally have no opinion about ale changing its infrastructure.
Greg
On 2/24/11, Ron Frazier <<A HREF="mailto:atllinuxenthinfo@c3energy.com">atllinuxenthinfo@c3energy.com</A>> wrote:
> Hi Doug,
>
> That would be a problem for me.
>
> I don't have a Google account. I don't want them tracking everything I
> do. Also, I do not allow Google sites to use scripting in my browser,
> since user generated content can create a risk of virus / trojan attack.
> I simply don't allow scripting on sites where I cannot trust all the
> content.
>
> Even if that weren't the case, if the forum sends you an email stating
> that there is a new message, instead of sending you the new message,
> which some do, that definitely wouldn't work.
>
> Ron
>
> On 02/24/2011 09:33 PM, Doug Hall wrote:
>> In my opinion, the Google group should be ALL that we use. For those
>> who don't want to log in to a website, simply use the email option
>> (which is the default membership type). Those of us who prefer not
>> getting all the email messages can use the no email option and log
>> into Google to see all the messages. All of this is in the "manage
>> memberships" link under your Google account - available from any
>> Google website when you're logged in. In either case, you can always
>> send a message to the group the same way we currently do on the email
>> list. In fact, you can associate multiple emails to your account and
>> email the group from any one of them. I manage several Google Groups,
>> and it just doesn't get any easier. Google handles the SPAM, lets you
>> monitor the first message (to help spot spammers), etc. Another
>> advantage? It's Google. You can search everything very easily.
>>
>> With BOTH an email list and a user group, one will suffer.
>>
>> Doug Hall
>> _______________________________________________
>> Ale mailing list
>> <A HREF="mailto:Ale@ale.org">Ale@ale.org</A>
>> <A HREF="http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale">http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale</A>
>> See JOBS, ANNOUNCE and SCHOOLS lists at
>> <A HREF="http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo">http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo</A>
>>
>>
>
> --
>
> (PS - If you email me and don't get a quick response, you might want to
> call on the phone. I get about 300 emails per day from alternate energy
> mailing lists and such. I don't always see new messages very quickly.)
>
> Ron Frazier
>
> 770-205-9422 (O) Leave a message.
> linuxdude AT c3energy.com
>
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