Re: [Evolution] Let's unite the power of all mailing list subscribers who are affected by GNOME's ruling

[Matt Connell <matt connell tech>]

On Mon, 2022-10-24 at 14:11 +0200, Jaroslaw Rafa via evolution-list
wrote:
> Dnia 24.10.2022 o godz. 12:49:00 Patrick O'Callaghan pisze:
> > I briefly used Google Groups a long time ago, though I think it has
> > changed since then. They do offer a fairly broad range of facilities,
> > including email access, admin and moderator roles, and the focus on a
> > specific topic (Evo), but:
> >
> > * No Reply To List (and I presume no proper List headers, though I
> > haven't checked). Possibly a minor point for some.
>
> I participate in a few lists hosted on Google Groups. Usually the Reply-To:
> header is set to the list address, so there is no problem with replying to
> the list. I also have checked now last email that I received from a Google
> Groups hosted list and I see that there are List-ID, List-Post, List-Help,
> List-Archive and List-Unsubscribe headers.
>
> > * Members need a Google account to sign up. I anticipate that this
> > would not please some people.
>
> On the lists I'm subscribed to there are quite a lot of people who don't
> have a Google account. Maybe this changed recently.
>
> While it seems to be actually required to log in to Google to subscribe to a
> group via Google Groups web interface, I am pretty sure a group admin can
> still subscribe anyone, even without a Google account, because I do this all
> the time on one of the lists where subscription is by admin only.
>
> I'm not sure if the option to subscribe yourself by email (without going to
> web interface) still works. If yes, then it may be the way to subscribe
> without a Google account.

The vim mailing list is on google groups.  No Google account required,
you can subscribe via email, and reply-to-list works with the "group
reply" button in Evolution as expected.

Not advocating this solution in any way whatsoever, just commenting.