[Brug-talk] trouble with the emails settings on Google Group

[Peter Vanbroekhoven]

Alain,

Alain Ravet wrote:
> Why did you setup a Google mirror in the first place?
> Google group is superior, and it makes my/our life easier.
> Subscription takes 10 seconds. Same for cancellation. No password to
> remember, etc, etc..
>   
I set it up because I know people have different preference regarding
web interfaces and email. And, well... it was supposed to work
flawlessly (we don't expect anything less from Google, right?)
> The way it's setup currently - no way to get each email from the
> mirror -, it's useless, but for the Web Interface, and the archive,
> and the easy of each user message, and the rating, .. :)
>
> So, I'm forced to subscribe to 4 list :
>  - subscribe (email+password) to the 2 rubyforge lists just to get the emails,
>  - subscribe to the Google groups to get a decent Web Interface and
> access to the archive.
>
> Less is more. It's obvious, isn't it?
>   
I think the superiority of Google groups is really a matter of taste.
You are clearly on one end of the spectrum. On the other end of the
spectrum will be those among us who don't have or want a Gmail address.
They need to create one, and monitor an extra email address. Sure, Gmail
can do forwarding if needed, but then we are leaning towards more again,
and forwarding does break too.

I don't want to unilaterally decide this. I'll start another thread to
ask for the  whole community's opinion.

Regards,
Peter Vanbroekhoven
XaoP