Subject Re: Will we move when yahoo Groups close theirs doors?
Author Norbert Saint Georges
Mark Rotteveel mark@... [firebird-support] a écrit :
> On 2019-10-23 17:06, blackfalconsoftware@... [firebird-support]
> wrote:
>> Why not simply use a forum implementation, which is a better
>> technology to use for such a form of support than that of a mailing
>> list?
>
> We are using a forum right now. Yahoo Groups is both a forum (until the
> 28th) and a mailing list. I personally prefer mailing lists, because I
> want to get things in my mailbox, and not have to go to multiple
> websites and read the topics there.
>
> Solutions like groups.io and Google Groups are a forum + mailing list
>
> In any case, we are currently discussing what to do in the admin group.
> In theory staying with Yahoo Groups is an option, but as it will be
> mailing list only that is invite-only after the 28th , that doesn't
> really have our preference.
>
> Mark

Personally, I use news://news.gname.org to read and possibly respond to
the mailing of different groups of Firebird.
This allows me to search for a topic on the 18713 current posts of this
group

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Norbert Saint Georges
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