[ELECTRON] groupserver test

[Benjamin Dembroski]

Wow.  Thanks Simon!

I was going to look into this but, as usual, you beat me to the punch.

I'll give it a whirl.

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Ben D

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Sent from a mobile phone. Please excuse my brevity

On 17 Jan 2011, at 12:49, Simon Yuill <simon at lipparosa.org> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have set up a test account with groupserver to see if it is a suitable
> alternative to our current mailing lists.
>
> It provides a combined forum (access all messages via a web page) and
> mailing list (get all messages via your own email account) system, clear
> archiving with message threads and file-sharing options but in a simple
> clean fashion without to many bells and whistles.
>
> Plus it is 100% FLOSS (unlike google groups or nabble which seem the
> closest alternatives).
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> I was wondering if a few people from this list would be up for joining to
> help test it out, see if it is a better than what we have at present and
> if it is easy enough to use?
>
> Would be great if we had people with a range of tech-savvy-ness so we can
> see how it suits people with different skills levels.
>
> I have called it "ectect", to join you first register here:
>
>    http://ect.onlinegroups.net/request_registration.html
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> Then you will receive a verification email that you have to confirm, then
> once you have been confirmed you can select to join a group or create a
> new one.
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> I don't want to explain too much up front as one thing I want to get
> feedback on from people is whether the groupserver system as it is is
> clear enough and easy to understand.
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> If it looks like a go-er then at some stage we will set it up as the main
> system for Electron Club groups.
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> best wishes
> Si
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