GNOME drops mailing lists end of this month

[Peter Flynn]

On 21/10/2022 14:28, Ralf Mardorf via ubuntu-users wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> while user's off all distros are affected, it's probably the worst for
> users of distros that default to the GNOME desktop environment.
> 
> Yesterday the Evolution users get informed:
> https://mail.gnome.org/archives/evolution-list/2022-October/msg00128.html

If I understand this right, discussions until now distributed by email 
will in future not be distributed by email, but by a non-mail protocol 
and application.

If this is true, it implies that the Mailman application is dead in the 
water, as it will cease being supported.

> I'll get rid of all GNOME apps, if possible.

I will check and see what has been installed on our machines over the 
years.

> The only app I seemingly
> need to keep is Evolution. I've not found a replacement yet.

If you need the calendar etc, then I don't think there is any other MUA. 
Thunderbird obviously functions OK, but I'm not sure what Evolution has 
that Thunderbird doesn't. Evolution is a monster, gobbling resources, 
spawning all kinds of subprocesses that keep running when you quit, and 
nagging you to use the calendar and other add-ons. Thunderbird also had 
its own problems, but as an MUA I believe it is stable.

Peter