Hi all.
I just signed up to set up a list for parents in the school our sons
go to.
Everything there now happens with big nasty CC or BCC lists, and
there is a strong "gravitation" towards starting a Facebook group,
which I'm trying to forestall.
However I'm starting to doubt whether groups.io is a suitable tool
for what I want to do.
I have a few requirements:
- The group must be private and closed, invite or import only.
- The use of a web-interface should be optional, and not
actively encouraged.
- ( the exception could be a unsubscribe form, which under NO
circumstances should require you to log in, get a password or
consent to anything. )
- Ideally mail clients should reply to sender when clicking
"reply", and sender+group when clicking "reply all".
The reason for this is to make the experience as simple and
"frictionless" as possible. There are some very non-techy people in
our group, that would be perfectly happy if all the Internet existed
inside their FB app. Many have probably never participated in a
mailinglist before and are already in a half-panic about all the
email they get at work. If they click on something that asks them to
create an account it will never happen, and the FB group will be
created.
After spending an hour testing groups.io it seems that only the
first of my point can be satisfied here.
Considering the press that groups.io has been getting, this is a bit
surprising to me, and so I would be happy if someone more
knowledgeable can confirm my understanding.
Regards
Gaute Amundsen
