Compo Clues Email List

This is to let people know that Vince has kindly set up an email list for !Composition (AKA “Compo”) users to discuss its use, etc. I’m the nominal Admin for it. If you have an interest in using Compo, you can join the list here:

https://www.riscository.com/mailing-lists/

Jim

As Jim says, the list is now set up – and like most of the RISCOSitory lists, it’s open for anyone to sign up.

There are some basic instructions (and the general rules I ask people to abide by) linked from the Mailing lists page Jim has pointed out above – these give details of how to subscribe etc.

For the avoidance of confusion, though, to use email to subscribe (and later unsubscribe) the address to use in this case is:

compo-clues-list-request@riscository.co.uk

(Edit: Don’t forget to put ‘subscribe’ in the subject line – I didn’t mention this previously because I assumed people would read the linked instructions, but because they’re generic I was helpfully specifying the actual address above.)

And to post messages to the list (from the subscribed address), use:

compo-clues-list@riscository.co.uk

Above said, I’m not sure if I have managed to join the list yet! I’ve tried the email method twice. Once with the given command then ID string, and once with just the string. In each case I get a return email but not one saying I have joined the list!

I really don’t want to be a downer here, but I can’t see the point of new RISC OS mailing lists in 2025. I just think that they only serve to hide away conversations, making them harder to stumble across and to Google.

Perhaps ROOL could have a “Software” forum, with sub-forums for apps that require one? Wouldn’t that be more accessible, and be more attractive to anyone with only a passing interest in the subject, and who would have no intention of signing up for a mailing list? I understand maintaining long-established mailing lists, but I think new ones might have the opposite effect of what is intentioned.

Perhaps ROOL could have a “Software” forum, with sub-forums for apps that require one?

What you describe looks to me pretty much like “Community support”, with one or more threads per app.

What you describe looks to me pretty much like “Community support”, with one or more threads per app.

I guess so, I just thought a new Software forum would make it clearer. In any case, I don’t think most software needs a sub-forum under Community Support. Any applications that are actively maintained and don’t have another outlet such as a website would be prime candidates. Anyway, I wasn’t trying to get bogged down in anything other than just saying I’m not sure mailing lists for a handful of people are the way to go. Better to be more visible.

Better to be more visible.

Agreed.

I fully accept your position on whether or not new mailing lists are worthwhile.

Jim asked me about the possibility of a list. I discussed it with him (because I can see a massive downturn in posts to those I use – not to mention those I host; some get no posts at all), and in the end agreed to set it up.

That aside, it’s worth remembering that not everyone likes to use web based forums. Personally, I don’t – I can make the discussions ‘come to me’ by subscribing to the RSS feed, but I have to actively come here and log-in to reply to anything, whereas with an email I just hit reply at the point I read it.

This is why you rarely see posts from me here.

And yes, I fully acknowledge that’s basically just laziness on my part. Or possibly a reflection of how busy I am, because that sounds better than laziness. ¯\(ツ)/¯

And yes, I fully acknowledge that’s basically just laziness on my part.

Can’t see how you can be lazier than me! I just have one of my MoreDesk screens occupied by ROOL forum running on NetSurf. It’s never more than a click away and I check it when I need a break.