Nice thing about mailing lists, we all end up with our own archives, and it’s all in a standard format that is readily migrated as needed.
Even if it’s hosted on a commercial system, it’s easy to pick up and move if its all in an mbox file or something.
When you get into web-first systems, migration becomes a matter of what the vendor might or might not support for import and export.
I’m in favor of commercial products that “embrace and extend” open standards. Seems like groups.io might fit that bill.
*From:* Tony Langdon via 44net 44net@mailman.ampr.org *Sent:* Friday, April 22, 2022 8:16:31 PM *To:* 44net@mailman.ampr.org 44net@mailman.ampr.org
*Subject:* [44net] Re: Mailman migration
On 22/4/22 12:54 pm, adam--- via 44net wrote:
If you looking for another great product, check out Discord.
While I do use Discord a lot, I think it would be better run alongside a more "long form" of communication. I see Discord better suited to real time communication, while a mailing list is something for more in depth and longer lived conversations.
There's an argument to run both in parallel, because they serve different purposes.