[ale] ALE forum ?

[Ron Frazier]

In that case, I would like the idea better, add functionality for those 
that want it, without sacrificing functionality you already have. Do you 
have to have a Google account and / or have scripting enabled to do 
admin stuff on your own account? I'm OK with scripting on sites without 
user generated content.

Ron

On 02/25/2011 08:20 AM, Greg Freemyer wrote:
> 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<atllinuxenthinfo at c3energy.com>  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
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>>> http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo
>>>
>>>
>>>        
>> --
>>
>> (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
>>
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>>      
>    

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(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

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