Discourse vs Mailman 3 comparison

[Jonathan5]

@sunjam

• Cannot reply* via email subject line to a specific topic thread as you would on Mailman.
• You’ll want to update your documentation so users know to use the Watch and Mute options in email replies. Plus, definitely follow the guide linked above. ^^

Thanks everybody for the replies. Unfortunately I don’t understand the two bullet points above.

1. My impression was that in Discourse it is possible to reply to a notification email, and that the reply is added to the relevant thread in the forum.

2. From what I’ve read, “watch” (and related options) are an alternative to “mailing list mode” for those who don’t want to receive an email for every message on the whole forum. What is the “guide linked above” though? Edit: Reading again, it’s clearly referring to the Mozilla link

Thanks again.