[imc-uk-tech] Re: Fwd: [Imc-uk-process] @indymedia.org.uk email addresses

[Zak Kipling]

My thoughts:

Aliases for local collectives -- a very good idea (things like 
imc-cambridge-contact at lists.indymedia.org aren't very snappy)

Shared IMAP/POP/web mail accounts for collectives -- not so sure; likely 
to lead to confusion with multiple people using them, plus mail sent 
from them will appear to be sent from "the collective" rather than an 
individual within it. (I think it's better to speak as a liaison rather 
than actually in the collective name.)

Personal aliases -- I agree that these give us a sense of collective 
identity. I think as long we're happy to give them to all who are 
genuinely involved with IMC-UK (rather than just a select few) there 
shouldn't be too much of a problem with a "two-tier" class system.

Actual email accounts for people -- as for personal aliases, plus I 
think anything that avoids our reliance on corporate webmail services 
and ISPs, or takes some of the load off of good (but overloaded) people 
like riseup.net is a good idea.

As to the uk.indymedia.org / indymedia.org.uk discussion, I don't really 
have strong feelings. Although if both can accept mail, it would be nice 
(in order to avoid confusion) if they pointed to the same mail service.

Zak,
IMC Cambridge (but speaking for myself, not for the collective).


/m wrote:
> hi,
> 
> i agree with ana, speaking just for me...
> 
> perhaps we could start with setting up for each collective and see how
> it goes... it would be easy to contact sheffield if one knew that it was
> sheffield at indymedia.org.uk, for instance...
> 
> forwarding seems sensible, unless there is capacity to do IMAP - which
> would let a group of people easily access the collective's email
> account..
> 
> could be good......
> 
> 1½ euro-cents..
> 
> m - lancaster
> _