[wp-hackers] WP-Hackers on Google Groups

Roy Schestowitz r at schestowitz.com
Fri Oct 20 14:32:01 GMT 2006


___/ On Fri 20 Oct 2006 14:27:46 BST, [ Joey B ] wrote : \___

> On 10/20/06, Roy Schestowitz <r at schestowitz.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have just come across the following exotic island:
>>
>> http://groups.google.com/group/wp-hackers?lnk=sg
>>
>> I  realise that it's probably experimental, but as curiosity
>> strikes  I just wanted to know the intent of this. I  notice
>> that  there  is  a moderation queue on subscription  and  no
>> ability  to  post  (i.e.  read-only).  This  reminds  me  of
>> discussions  which  go  back  almost  2  years---those  that
>> revolved  around  opening  the  list to  other  channels  of
>> access.
>>
>> The only other mailing list which I know registers itself as
>> a  Google group (as opposed to UseNet or Gmane) is the Horde
>> mailing list/s. Is this going to come live at some stage? Is
>> it  by any means backed by Automattic? Is it another  mirror
>> such as those mail2forum setups that led to some awkwardness
>> in the past (messages bouncing)?
>>
>> <snip />
>
> http://comox.textdrive.com/pipermail/wp-hackers/2006-September/008273.html
> and
> http://comox.textdrive.com/pipermail/wp-hackers/2006-September/thread.html#8266
> are probably relevant. I'm guessing that group was the offspring from
> that little "experiment."

Oops. This is the second time that I start a thread on a  
previously-discussed topic. I guess that the  subject line wasn't  
informative enough at the  time.

My bad...


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