# Mailing-list-like sign-up process

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/mailing-list-like-sign-up-process/15779>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [May 19, 2014, 8:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mailing-list-like-sign-up-process/15779 "2014-05-19T20:44:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
**Showing post:** 13

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![almereyda](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/almereyda/32/367792_2.png) [@almereyda](https://meta.discourse.org/u/almereyda)\
**Post date:** [October 27, 2018, 5:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mailing-list-like-sign-up-process/15779/13 "2018-10-27T17:02:40Z")

</div>

> [@codinghorror](#):
>
> > Is it possible to set it as default?
> 
> No, but it should be.

This would be helpful to be inclusive towards communities that are used to email-first workflows, so once they send a message, they are signed up. Similar to how [librelist.com](http://librelist.com) works, no?

---

_[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mailing-list-like-sign-up-process/15779)._