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Ask HN: What are the good alternatives to Google Groups?

14 points by niyazpk 17y ago

That is pretty much it. Any suggestions?

vorador 17y ago
I didn't try http://librelist.com/ http://librelist.com/ but I've heard good from it.
pieter 17y ago
I've been looking for one too. The Google Groups interface is really bad, Google Groups is riddled with spam and Google seems to make no effort to do anything about it. I've looked at librelist.com, which seems OK, but they subscribe you as soon as you send an email to a list, which makes it useless, at least for me (I don't want people to get subscribed to all mail as soon as they send a single post; it also discourages cross-list postings). One of the best options might be to host your own mailing list using something like mailman and adding a frontend with something like Nabble.
oscardelben 17y ago
I think Zed Shaw is working on an alternative but I don't remember the name
- abyssknight 17y ago
  Librelist. I'd recommend to the OP that he/she pass on any criticism of Google Groups on to Zed. Looks like that project is ready to be the GG killer. :)
- deleted 17y ago
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jarsj 17y ago
I wish google groups had an API and then I would love it.
- nemoniac 17y ago
  Does nobody remember Usenet any more?
moe 17y ago
Just want to second that google groups is a pain, and it's a shame that everyone seems to be using it nowadays (albeit for understandable reasons). My pet peeve is their ignorance of traditional mailing list behaviour in terms of echo'ing back your own posts to you. Google Groups doesn't do it, every other mailing list software in existence does it. Which means users who happen to not use GMail as their client (yes, they do exist) have to deal with both variants - a small but constant nuisance.
aravindhanv 17y ago
Hi, This is not a new crib. Another recent complaint is here http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=905520 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=905520, and I responded to that asking him to try Zoho Discussions (http://discussions.zoho.com http://discussions.zoho.com). Though not a mail listing software, it is fairly advanced and is capable of handling posting through emails too. Regards Dhan PS: I work for Zoho and manage the Zoho Discussions product
nate 17y ago
If you need a private group, we built http://tgethr.com http://tgethr.com to be an alternative for us to use instead of a private Google group. We have things like code formatting http://support.tgethr.com/faqs/how-to/how-do-i-use-code-formatting-in-my-emails http://support.tgethr.com/faqs/how-to/how-do-i-use-code-form... Integration to services like bug trackers (unfuddle) and dropbox.
kbob 17y ago
Mailman. http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/ http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/
snitko 17y ago
You should give ReSubj a try: http://resubj.com http://resubj.com

14 points by niyazpk 17y ago

That is pretty much it. Any suggestions?

vorador 17y ago

I didn't try http://librelist.com/ http://librelist.com/ but I've heard good from it.

pieter 17y ago

I've been looking for one too. The Google Groups interface is really bad, Google Groups is riddled with spam and Google seems to make no effort to do anything about it. I've looked at librelist.com, which seems OK, but they subscribe you as soon as you send an email to a list, which makes it useless, at least for me (I don't want people to get subscribed to all mail as soon as they send a single post; it also discourages cross-list postings). One of the best options might be to host your own mailing list using something like mailman and adding a frontend with something like Nabble.

oscardelben 17y ago

I think Zed Shaw is working on an alternative but I don't remember the name

abyssknight 17y ago
Librelist. I'd recommend to the OP that he/she pass on any criticism of Google Groups on to Zed. Looks like that project is ready to be the GG killer. :)
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jarsj 17y ago

I wish google groups had an API and then I would love it.

nemoniac 17y ago
Does nobody remember Usenet any more?

moe 17y ago

Just want to second that google groups is a pain, and it's a shame that everyone seems to be using it nowadays (albeit for understandable reasons). My pet peeve is their ignorance of traditional mailing list behaviour in terms of echo'ing back your own posts to you. Google Groups doesn't do it, every other mailing list software in existence does it. Which means users who happen to not use GMail as their client (yes, they do exist) have to deal with both variants - a small but constant nuisance.

aravindhanv 17y ago

Hi, This is not a new crib. Another recent complaint is here http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=905520 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=905520, and I responded to that asking him to try Zoho Discussions (http://discussions.zoho.com http://discussions.zoho.com). Though not a mail listing software, it is fairly advanced and is capable of handling posting through emails too. Regards Dhan PS: I work for Zoho and manage the Zoho Discussions product

nate 17y ago

If you need a private group, we built http://tgethr.com http://tgethr.com to be an alternative for us to use instead of a private Google group. We have things like code formatting http://support.tgethr.com/faqs/how-to/how-do-i-use-code-formatting-in-my-emails http://support.tgethr.com/faqs/how-to/how-do-i-use-code-form... Integration to services like bug trackers (unfuddle) and dropbox.

kbob 17y ago

Mailman. http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/ http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/

snitko 17y ago

You should give ReSubj a try: http://resubj.com http://resubj.com