[Hcoop-discuss] Web-enabled searching of the mailing list

[Brian Templeton]

Michael Olson <mwolson at member.fsf.org> writes:

> Adam Chlipala <adamc at hcoop.net> writes:
>
>> Brian Templeton wrote:
>>
>>>I can go ahead and add them to Gmane, if nobody objects. Would
>>>gmane.org.hcoop.{announce,discuss,misc} be okay?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> Currently, no one can subscribe directly to any of these lists; the
>> portal subscribes new members to the first, and members control
>> their own subscription status to the second two with the portal.
>>
>> It would be a policy change to let basically everyone into these
>> lists.  What do y'all think?
>
> When signing a list up for Gmane, there is an option that permits only
> subscribers for the real mailing list to post to the list.  We'd
> probably want to enable that option if we decide to use Gmane.
>

I agree.

> If we're concerned about outside people being able to view the lists,
> that would be a valid reason not to use Gmane, since all Gmane lists
> are available to everyone who connects to Gmane.
>

Aren't the archives of the lists already publically viewable? E.g.
http://hcoop.net/pipermail/hcoop-discuss/

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