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google tries very hard to leave the impression that you must have a gmail/google/google+ (not sure, haven't had the misfortune of doing this for some time) acco
by ta0967 11y ago
google tries very hard to leave the impression that you must have a gmail/google/google+ (not sure, haven't had the misfortune of doing this for some time) account to subscribe.
- k_bx 11y agoI don't see a problem here, you can just get a gmail account and read mail however you like still, configuring mail client of choice. UPDATE: wow, didn't know you can't even read messages without being google-user. Yeah, that's boorish a bit. UPDATE2: turned out that's not true. You can read google group perfectly fine without signing in: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/tmux-users https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/tmux-users
- blueblob 11y agoAssuming there are only 2 threads, Otherwise, that only shows the public threads.
- k_bx 11y agoYeah, as I understand they just moved from Sourceforge, since signed-in, I also see just 2 threads.
- ta0967 11y agoso you were misled and confused by google into thinking you need a google account, if only for a while. they try hard to manipulate people. do you see the problem now? yes, you can fight the stream of lies and misdirections, or you can say "thanks, but no, thanks".
- istinspring 11y agoagreed having google account is necessary nowadays =(
- abaines 11y agoYou can subscribe via email without any google account by sending a message to <groupname>+subscribe @ googlegroups.com, then it acts just like any other mailing list.
- pyre 11y agoThis[1] also used to work, but it's been a while since I've used it. Basically just hits this url: http://groups.google.com/group/%(groupname)s/boxsubscribe?email=%(email)s [1] https://github.com/bsandrow/google-group-join https://github.com/bsandrow/google-group-join