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

[Patrick O'Callaghan <poc usb ve>]

On Mon, 2022-10-24 at 09:30 -0400, Matt Connell wrote:
> 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.

OK, good to have up-to-date information.

poc