[Bldg-sim] Planning on Moving the Mailing Lists

[Donald Fast]

Hi,

Does anyone still use google groups?  It is so buggy and not very
functional.
Otherwise, they all sound like reasonable options.

Regards,
Donald Fast  NZEA,  F280 certified,
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On Tue, Jun 2, 2026 at 4:31 PM Jason Glazer via Bldg-sim <
bldg-sim at lists.onebuilding.org> wrote:

> I would appreciate your input on a decision I need to make. My current web
> hosting provider has included mailing list hosting for many years, but they
> will cease providing this feature on July 21. Given this, I think I am
> going to move the mailing lists to a new service of some kind. I am
> committed to continuing to provide a discussion service to the modeling
> community as long as it is useful. That said, the frequency of postings is
> shrinking.
>
> Years ago, we discussed a number of different options, and I believe they
> included
>
>    - New mailing list hosting (Mailman 3, Google groups, groups.io)
>    - A new web-based forum (Discourse, Flarum, phpBB, Reddit)
>    - Shutting down and encouraging the use of Unmethours, existing Slack,
>    or existing Discord channels
>
> You can be assured that whatever change is made, I will try to make it in
> the best interests of the modeling community. In addition, I am committed
> to preserving the archive of emails.
>
> I also wonder if some new mailing lists (or forum topics) would be
> appropriate and I would be glad to start those if we can form core group of
> users for each. Please let me know if you have any ideas.
>
> If you would like to help guide this decision, please let me know what you
> think.
>
> Thanks
>
> Jason
>
> (apologies for the cross-posting)
>
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> Jason Glazer, P.E., BEMP, GARD Analytics, ASHRAE 209 chair
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