Forum proposal (replace Forum with Folio)
* Folio will be the default way people create email lists / discussions. It unites message board and email list as concepts.
* Folio has a piece called email list name which replaces the automatically assigned To: address for messages to the Folio
* A group can have more than one Folio
Keeping track of who sent the comment:
* When someone posts a comment from email, it associates the email contact method with that comment (already works)
* When someone posts a comment from the website, it associates an email contact method that is subscribed to that comment (arbitrarily) or none at all.
Comment/email changes:
* When the comment is emailed out, the from will be the associated email contact method. If there is no associated email contact method, the from will be Subscribers to comment <comment@deme> for the comment
* To field is the original item that the entire comment thread started on, in many cases this will be the forum.
- Todd's alternative: To field is the address of the item through which the agent is subscribed
* Reply-to is the same as from field if configured for personal-replies, otherwise reply-to is the same as the to field. Configuration happens at the group level or the site level, not sure yet.
* When someone replies to a comment from their email, if the thread-id is preserved and the subject is mostly preserved (apart from Re/Fwd or suffixes to the end of the subject line), it will be considered a threaded reply to the comment. Otherwise, it will be a new comment on the item (probably forum).
* Consequence: comments will never have email addresses when they are sent out, although advanced users could determine their email address based on item id.
Current Comment on Parent on Forum from email (Mike mintz@stanford.edu)
From: Mike <mintz@stanford.edu>
To: Subscribers of comment <comment@deme>
Reply-To: blank
Reply-all: mintz@stanford.edu & comment@deme
Current Comment on Forum from website (Mike)
From: Deme notifier <comment@deme>
To: Subscribers of comment <comment@deme>
Reply-To: blank
Reply-all: comment@deme
Proposed/now superceded (Todd): Comment on Parent on Forum from email (Mike mintz@stanford.edu)
From: Mike <mintz@stanford.edu>
To: Forum Name <email-list-name@deme>
Reply-To: Subscribers of comment <comment@deme>
Reply-all: email-list-name@deme & comment@deme
Proposed/now superceded (Todd):Comment on Forum from website (Mike)
From: Deme notifier <comment@deme>
To: Forum Name <email-list-name@deme>
Reply-To: Subscribers of comment <comment@deme>
Reply-all: email-list-name@deme & comment@deme
Dimensions:
* Parent: Item, Forum, Comment-on-item, Comment-on-forum
* Source: Email, Website
* Subject/message-thread in incoming email
Values:
* From
* To
* Reply-to
* Message-id/thread
* Subject
Deme Email integration plan