[pianotech] A new Pianotech list that works

[Jim Moy]

One difficulty with a Google Group is that there is nobody to complain to if
it's not working. If you go to their help blogs you might get a response to
a question about how or why something, but otherwise the system works the
way the Google engineers decide the way it works, and that's it. But having
said that, I am a member on a half-dozen different ones, and I've never seen
any problems, from a user standpoint.

And echoing what John D said, yes, it is primarily an email list.

Jim

On Sat, Mar 12, 2011 at 10:12 AM, John Delacour <JD at pianomaker.co.uk> wrote:

> At 08:21 -0800 12/03/2011, Ryan Sowers wrote:
>
>  Google groups has a web view option if you like the forum style or you can
>> simply use it as an email list, it works both ways. In other words you do
>> not have to log onto googlegroups in order to read posts. They come directly
>> to a designated email if you like. If you want to post you just send it to
>> <mailto:pianotech at googlegroups.com> pianotech at googlegroups.com. In order
>> to utilize the forum style format I believe you have to have a gmail
>> address.
>>
>
> By default it is a mailing list -- that is to say that anyone who
> subscribes will get emails for every posting and be able to reply by email.
>  Thewre is, as you say, no need ever to go to the web interface UNLESS you
> need to check that your own postings have arrived, since Google for some
> reason does not send copies to the sender of his own postings.
>
> Anyone can read the messages on the web without needing a gmail account,
> but if you want to post from the web interface I think you need a gmail
> account, which is a very useful thing to have and free for all.
>
> Several people have joined already and so far everything seems to be
> working fine.
>
> JD
>
>
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