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From: Dr Geoff Hone on 17 Jul 2010 13:08 On 17 Jul 2010 16:47:25 GMT, zoara <me18(a)privacy.net> wrote: >I've been asked to set up a mailing list (where all recipients can post) >for a dozen non-techies. I'm after something that is easy to subscribe >and unsubscribe to, and doesn't require setting up new email addresses >or accounts. > >Is the current consensus Google Groups, Yahoo Groups, or something else? Take a look at the Australian (I think) Groupbox site. Easy to use, seems pretty good. Geoff
From: zoara on 19 Jul 2010 11:22 Dr Geoff Hone <gnhone(a)globalnet.co.uk> wrote: > On 17 Jul 2010 16:47:25 GMT, zoara <me18(a)privacy.net> wrote: > >> I've been asked to set up a mailing list (where all recipients can > > post) >> for a dozen non-techies. I'm after something that is easy to > > subscribe >> and unsubscribe to, and doesn't require setting up new email > > addresses >> or accounts. >> >> Is the current consensus Google Groups, Yahoo Groups, or something > > else? > > Take a look at the Australian (I think) Groupbox site. > Easy to use, seems pretty good. Thanks. This, as well as Yahoo Groups and Google Groups, requires you to create an account. That's going to put off a few people who will be using the list. Plus I can't actually get GroupBox to allow any of my other email addresses to sign up to a group I created. I think it might be broken... Is there anything that simply lets me set something up so people can just email the list address and it sends me a request to authorise them, then they can start posting? Isn't there some standard mailing list software that's been going since forever? I know I've signed up for these sorts of lists but can't remember what or how. Even the relatively simple signup of groupbox (assuming I can get it to work) will mean some of these people will struggle. -z- -- email: nettid1 at fastmail dot fm
From: Jack Campin - bogus address on 19 Jul 2010 13:22 > Is there anything that simply lets me set something up so people can > just email the list address and it sends me a request to authorise them, > then they can start posting? Isn't there some standard mailing list > software that's been going since forever? I know I've signed up for > these sorts of lists but can't remember what or how. Majordomo? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- e m a i l : j a c k @ c a m p i n . m e . u k Jack Campin, 11 Third Street, Newtongrange, Midlothian EH22 4PU, Scotland mobile: 07800 739 557 <http://www.campin.me.uk> Twitter: JackCampin
From: Andrew Kemp on 19 Jul 2010 14:18 zoara <me18(a)privacy.net> writes: > Is there anything that simply lets me set something up so people can > just email the list address and it sends me a request to authorise them, > then they can start posting? Isn't there some standard mailing list > software that's been going since forever? I know I've signed up for > these sorts of lists but can't remember what or how. Most (possibly all) of the lists that I subscribe to use Mailman: <http://www.list.org/> Users can subscribe to lists using either a web interface, or by sending an e-mail message: <http://www.list.org/mailman-member/node13.html> There's a list of hosting services here, if you don't want to run the software yourself: <http://wiki.list.org/display/COM/Mailman+hosting+services> -- Drew
From: Steve Hodgson on 19 Jul 2010 16:36
On 2010-07-19 16:22:13 +0100, zoara said: > Google Groups, requires you to create > an account. That's going to put off a few people who will be using the > list. I think Google Groups will let you access an email mailing list without a Google account. That's needed when you wish to browse the web archive or save files. You can also set-up preferences for digest emails when joining and unsubscribe via email. It does need managers though. -- Cheers, Steve The reply-to email address is a spam trap. Email steve 'at' shodgson 'dot' org 'dot' uk |