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* Obsolete? Alternatives to E-mail:
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** Aren't we all on Slack by now?
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*** Slack has some free options, also paid ones
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*** eg. voice and video options
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*** E-mail threads have messages and reply text, but slack has just the continuous stream-of-consciousness
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*** Bots: "What's my schedule on Thursday?", "Bot, book me lunch with Kirk on Tuesday"
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**** Regular expression bots, "human in the loop" bots, and "IBM Watson" hyperintelligent bots
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**** Bots really made it, turned Slack into a marketable product (opened the platform, API)
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*** But what happened to Google Wave and Google Buzz?
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*** Is there a Slack-to-Email bridge? Maybe on Rocketchat
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**** But who stores your chats? streams? e-mail?
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*** Spammers on Slack? It's a closed environment, you know your spammer (unlike e-mail)
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*** But there can be public "Talk to a sales rep" windows
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** Kik also opened their platform
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** Rocketchat - "Slack-alike"
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*** web client & phone apps
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*** e-mail gateway, LDAP gateway
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*** Self-hosted, on Ubuntu as a Snap
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*** Self-hosted, so you have control over your own data
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** XMPP - Cisco bought Jabber.org
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** Matrix/Riot
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* E-mail is so easy to use, people use it for everyting
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** File storage
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** Instant messaging
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** Archival storage
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** Operating System?
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*** Heard of people who use git as a mail repository
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* Struggle with Exchange and Outlook
  
 
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Revision as of 18:24, 17 July 2017

Mail Management

Date
Monday, 17 July 2017 from 7:00pm to 9:00pm
Event Announcement
https://www.meetup.com/NetSquared-Kitchener-Waterloo/events/240752492/
Location
Communitech Jelly Bean Room 1st Floor, 151 Charles Street West, Kitchener, Ontario Map

Is e-mail obsolete? If not, how can we provide e-mail services to our Non-profit organizations? Do we treat internal, staff e-mail differently from our clients' e-mail? How do we communicate with large groups? What mailing list services are there? Do we just give all our e-mail to Google and Microsoft? Maybe we can use the e-mail from our ISPs? They advertise "unlimited mailboxes", right? Do we run our own e-mail servers? But then, how do we deal with spam, blocklists, and e-mail providers that don't play fair? And, is it "E-mail" or "Email"?

KWNPSA is in the process of setting up our own e-mailing lists, and we have plenty of e-mail system administrators in the group. Looking forward to a lively Round Table discussion!

--Bob Jonkman & Marc Paré


  • Obsolete? Alternatives to E-mail:
    • Aren't we all on Slack by now?
      • Slack has some free options, also paid ones
      • eg. voice and video options
      • E-mail threads have messages and reply text, but slack has just the continuous stream-of-consciousness
      • Bots: "What's my schedule on Thursday?", "Bot, book me lunch with Kirk on Tuesday"
        • Regular expression bots, "human in the loop" bots, and "IBM Watson" hyperintelligent bots
        • Bots really made it, turned Slack into a marketable product (opened the platform, API)
      • But what happened to Google Wave and Google Buzz?
      • Is there a Slack-to-Email bridge? Maybe on Rocketchat
        • But who stores your chats? streams? e-mail?
      • Spammers on Slack? It's a closed environment, you know your spammer (unlike e-mail)
      • But there can be public "Talk to a sales rep" windows
    • Kik also opened their platform
    • Rocketchat - "Slack-alike"
      • web client & phone apps
      • e-mail gateway, LDAP gateway
      • Self-hosted, on Ubuntu as a Snap
      • Self-hosted, so you have control over your own data
    • XMPP - Cisco bought Jabber.org
    • Matrix/Riot
  • E-mail is so easy to use, people use it for everyting
    • File storage
    • Instant messaging
    • Archival storage
    • Operating System?
      • Heard of people who use git as a mail repository
  • Struggle with Exchange and Outlook
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