Re: FROM THE LIST-OWNER - web forum option

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--- In , Lynn Siprelle <lynn@s...>

wrote:

> > I second that opinion! I can't stand web forums

> > either.

>

> What if there were an option to have both a web forum and an email

list

> and have both feed into each other.

>

Wow! Can you do that? I love the web forums I'm involved in: the

threads are visibly organized so you can tell who's replying to whom

and which threads you have read and which ones you haven't along

with which threads you have posted to and which you haven't, the

software allows html text and graphics AND attachments, it is

possible to rearrange threads and make permanent archives of key

threads . . . you can really cross-post all that with an email-based

list?

Danelle in Kansas

[Guest guest]

>> What if there were an option to have both a web forum and an email

> list

>> and have both feed into each other.

>>

>

> Wow! Can you do that?

I have the technology.

Lynn S.

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[Guest guest]

> >> What if there were an option to have both a web forum and an email

> > list

> >> and have both feed into each other.

> >>

> >

> > Wow! Can you do that?

>

> I have the technology.

>

> Lynn S.

Perfect. We have plenty of people on both sides here: some who really

prefer forums and some who really prefer e-mail. If we can have them

seamlessly synchronized, we should head for that ASAP.

This is going to mean separating from eventually, I assume. Or

could we have a system where the group e-mails are

automatically posted to the forum and forum posts are automatically

sent to the group e-mail address? I suspect that for forum

organization purposes this wouldn't work very well.

[Guest guest]

> This is going to mean separating from eventually, I assume. Or

> could we have a system where the group e-mails are

> automatically posted to the forum and forum posts are automatically

> sent to the group e-mail address? I suspect that for forum

> organization purposes this wouldn't work very well.

I think I can grab email stuff and pop it into a forum format,

but sending to is a little trickier. It would require that

EVERYONE who posted had an account at the website with the same email

address as their subscription; otherwise all the email would come

from one account. I think I have the technology to do that

automatically (ie, give everyone who writes to the group an account

automatically so they don't have to set one up themselves) and of

course I can experiment any time since it doesn't disrupt the group.

Last time I tried it didn't work that well but my Drupal chops weren't

as good then. (Drupal is the software I use. It's a mighty and awesome

thing.) When I get a sec I'll give it a whirl--JUST AS AN EXPERIMENT.

Not making decisions for anyone here!

Lynn S.

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Lynn Siprelle * web developer, writer, mama, fiber junky

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