I really don't understand the *_ignorance_* surrounding acceptance of groups.io and similar. They are like any other re-mailer. Groups I/O provides a number of delivery options this (below) is the *_Digest format_* I use. You can click to reply to the group or an individual and it goes out just like e-mail from your mail client. If you choose to receive individual e-mails, you receive an e-mail indiscernible from any other re mailer. See example at bottom: DIGEST Example: INDIVIDUAL Mail Example: Hello, k7cbr@yahoo.com applied to join your group ICOM-ICR-9000@groups.io. Because the group is restricted, you will need to approve their subscription before they can join. View Pending Member <https://groups.io/g/ICOM-ICR-9000/member/6601218> Logged in: Windows Firefox 70 - Conyers, Georgia, US (73.82.216.114) To approve this member via email, simply reply to this message. To reject this member via email, forward this message to: ICOM-ICR-9000+subreject+6601218+384662+4649404014861973383@groups.io NOTE: The pending subscription will expire after 14 days. If you do not take action within that time, the pending subscription will be automatically rejected. Thank you for choosing Groups.io Groups. Cheers, The Groups.io Team ________________________________________ On 12/26/2019 3:24 AM, Tony Langdon wrote:
On 26/12/19 12:07, k6kya radio wrote:
I get an email when there is a new message on discourse. In fact the last one I got was about this list being online again. I can see the benefits of either way, but not both. For some of us, notification emails are of limited use, because you still have to go to the forum to interact. But at least with Discourse, there's mailing list functionality. Just have to see how well it works in practice.
I see this all the time, where people assume that email notifications from a forum are as good as a mailing list. They are not, and are nowhere near anything the same.
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