Re: [Sks-devel] Improving the SKS development model

[Phil Pennock]

On 2009-08-13 at 12:17 +1000, John Marshall wrote:
> On Wed, 12 Aug 2009, 22:09 -0400, Yaron Minsky wrote:
> > On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 10:06 PM, John Marshall <
> > address@hidden> wrote:
> > 
> > > Is there any need to move the mailing list from where it is?  I am not
> > > in favour of mailing lists that encourage "rich" mail messages.  I don't
> > > want to see list email full of HTML crud.
> > 
> > 
> > I mostly want to move the list because savannah is an administrative
> > disaster (I still can't get them to set up a damn redirect to my new website
> > for sks), and I'd like high-quality list archives, which can not be had at
> > savannah.
> 
> Fair enough.  Is it possible to configure a Google Groups mailing list
> to be text only?  How much of one's life history (real or fake) does one
> have to divulge to sign up to a Google Groups list?  At least with
> Mailman all you need to give is an email address.  I refuse to use
> Yahoo! groups but I haven't looked at Google groups.

Disclaimer: speaking in a personal capacity.

It's a mailing-list.  It forwards on mails in the format in which they
were submitted.  Posting via the web UI generates plaintext emails -- I
just created a dummy list to double-check.

For a Google account, you need a name, a secondary email address (used
for password resets) and a country.

You do not need a Google account to join a Google Groups list; a list
manager can subscribe you directly, or send an invite, or you can follow
the advice at:
  http://onlygizmos.com/how-to-join-google-groups-without-a-google-id/2009/05/

Regards,
-Phil