New (better) naming scheme.

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+<p>A while back I did a post on e-mail and why I think it's a superior
+means of communication. A middle ground between snail mail and annoying
+instant communication. And along the same lines of my previous post on
+RSS feeds, I think we should make a return to mailing lists as a
+replacement for web forums.</p>
+
+<p>So in case my reader does not know what a mailing list is, let me
+briefly explain. The way a mailing list works is that you subscribe (via
+e-mail or web interface) to a given mailing list. Once you do this, you
+can send e-mails to a given e-mail address and it will be forwarded to
+everyone who is subscribed to the mailing list. In other words, it's a
+way of broadcasting messages sent to a single address to everyone
+subscribed to the broadcast.</p>
+
+<p>So, how does this replace web forums? Quite simple: when you send a
+new e-mail to the mailing list it starts a new thread, and people will
+respond to that thread. What's more, it's actually more versatile than a
+web forum, since it allows for conversations to branch out instead of
+following a linear progression. If you have a mailing client that's
+worth something then it supports showing conversation threads.
+Basically, this means that it will show to which message you are
+replying to, allowing people to reply to different subthreads of a
+conversation, essentially <i>forking</i> it. For an example of this,
+check out an actual mailing list like the Suckless "dev" mailing
+list<sup><a href="#r1" >[1]</a></sup>. What's more, because it's e-mail,
+you can attach anything you want - although usually there's a size
+limit, but even web forums have this.</p>
+
+<p>But perhaps most importantly, with web forums you have to create
+accounts for every different web forum you connect to. There have been
+efforts to standardize using stuff like OpenID, and now with Google and
+Facebook logins everywhere. But it's still kinda clunky. With mailing
+lists you only require something that everyone already has: an
+e-mail.</p>
+
+<p>
+<label id="r1" >[1]</label>
+<a href="http://lists.suckless.org/dev/1902/index.html"
+   target="_blank" >
+   http://lists.suckless.org/dev/1902/index.html
+</a>
+</p>
+