[NGO] Re: Plone FAQ for CMS evaluators

[Jon Stahl]

On Jul 2, 2006, at 11:34 AM, Martin Aspeli wrote:

> Nate Aune wrote:
>
>> This also shows how the Drupal community is perhaps more transparent 
>> because the list archives are easily read through-the-web and don't 
>> require subscribing to the mailing list in order to post. Compare 
>> these Drupal list archive pages to the Plone NGO-list archive pages: 
>> http://lists.plone.org/pipermail/ngo/
>> which are more friendly and inviting discussion?
>> We might want to consider using listen 
>> (http://plone.org/products/listen) which allows for mailing lists to 
>> be archived on a Plone site, which means they are searchable using 
>> the Plone search tool, and members can subscribe and respond to the 
>> lists through-the-web.
>
> The NGO list is in GMANE and Nabble, though, both of which offer good 
> TTW reading and searching.

And both of which are somewhat intimidating to first-time, casual users 
who are trying to "check Plone out."

Having basic mailing list integration with Plone.org is, IMHO, an 
important (if not-obvious) marketing tactic.  We don't have to 
duplicate the features & power of Nabble or Gmane -- listen's Plonesque 
approach is probably sufficient for making list traffic more visible.

best,
jon