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 === Google Groups Syncing ===
-Currently, we rely on Google Groups to provide an interactive web-accessible archive for Discussion Forum posts. We do this by modifying the Mailman listinfo template. In contrast, standard Mailing Lists still provide a static archive of the mailing list posts to it.
+Discussion Forums are synchronized from email to a nntp (Usenet) newsgroup. Google Groups can sync with external newsgroups like ours, and in turn provide a web interface to post responses that seemlessly show up correctly as messages on the email list. For various reasons, Google Groups has had trouble [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=716007 reliably syncing posts] from our family of newsgroups, and particularly in learn of new Forums that get created from time to time. This inconsistency causes confusion and fragmentation of the conversation, and ultimately frustration.
-For various reasons, Google Groups has had trouble [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=716007 reliably syncing posts] from outside of its own interface, including blocking email posts from showing up correctly on the Google Groups newsgroup page. This inconsistency caused confusion and fragmentation of the project's attempts at conversation.
 === Newsgroup gateways break threading ===