# Discourse as a front end for existing ASF mailing lists

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-as-a-front-end-for-existing-asf-mailing-lists/23167>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [16 Dicembre 2014, 8:40am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-as-a-front-end-for-existing-asf-mailing-lists/23167 "2014-12-16T08:40:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![riking](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/riking/32/170938_2.png) [@riking](https://meta.discourse.org/u/riking)\
**Post date:** [17 Dicembre 2014, 6:23am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-as-a-front-end-for-existing-asf-mailing-lists/23167/6 "2014-12-17T06:23:06Z")

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For an organization like the Apache Software Foundation, I would hazard a guess that unless there is widespread resentment at the current solutions (which I am not seeing, though I am an outsider, I do follow the linux communities) then this change is socially impossible or suicidal.

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