Re: Best terminology to distiguish groups such as "debian-user" from webmail whatevers
On Wed, Feb 26, 2025 at 09:59:01AM -0600, Richard Owlett wrote:
> I'm communicating with a state level peer-to-peer support group.
> The national organization has a peer-to-peer "mailing list" built around
> webmail as a complement/alternative to their sponsored social media groups.
> I find the web based system unusable.
>
> I'm so old I used an acoustic coupler when connecting to an RBBS.
> How do I clearly ask the state rep if there is a traditional mailing list
> similar to debian-user.
>
The term which people generally associated with this sort of
communication channel would probably be something like "email listserv"
(or possibly just "listserv"). I think it was based on a commercial
email list management software (similar to GNU Mailman).
Regards,
-Roberto
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Roberto C. Sánchez
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